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"CBT?" Marie-Laure repeated

"Cock and ball torture"

A trilling laugh filled the roo down to the floor in a sea of diaphanous black satin

"You’re delightful" Marie-Laure pushed a stray strand of black hair off Nora’s face "This is good I’ for o Now it’s his turn"

"What do you ith Søren?"

"Only to play awhile" Marie-Laure took another lock of Nora’s hair in her hand and twirled it girlishly around her finger "I’ so silly with him I burned his bed And Das He even wrote a irl "It’s ridiculous I even gave hih noon I’ve seen too h therapists"

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"Pull her up," she said, nodding at Andrei The ed her to her feet "You’re disgusting" Marie-Laure looked Nora up and down "And you s I’ yourself a French thing?" Marie-Laure batted her eyelashes at Nora and wrinkled her nose like a little girl

"Your fault for knocking me out I’ll take a shower if you’ll let me I have a nice shower back at my house I can findto test the waters, Nora took a step forward and Andrei swiftly and efficiently pushed her into the wall He did a good job with it--pushed hard enough to make a point, not so hard she hurt herself Nice technique

"You prouest, reirl is on her way to e forforward to it I don’t spend much time omen I much prefer the company of men"

"I don’t have et it"

"You never stop talking, do you?" Marie-Laure tilted her head to the side and studied Nora like she’d encountered so absolutely nothing

Marie-Laure nodded "You’re funny," she said in an approving tone "It’s très chère Is that why h?"