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‘Like I said, you’re a tease,’ she whispers hotly against my mouth as I begin to slow the kiss and pull away.

I didn’t say she would thank me now.

‘Go save some detached thumbs,’ I whisper, pulling my mouth from hers. ‘We’ll revisit this topic when you get home.’

‘Sounds like a plan.’

‘It’s the beginning of one, all right. I’ll have ironed outallthe fine details while you’re at the coal face.’

With one last lingering kiss, she leaves me for her shift at the hospital.