““Okay." She gave a quick snort when Margaret went out. "You're such a dork." "Excuse me?" "She was hitting on you and you're, like, oblivious." "She wasn't hitting on me and you're not supposed to talk that way." "Was too." Maddy slid onto a stool at the bar. "Women know these things." "Maybe, but you don't qualify as a woman." "I've had my period." He'd started to drink, had to set the glass back down as he winced. "Please." "It's a biological function. And when a female is physically able to conceive, she is, physically, a woman." "Fine. Great." It wasn't a debate he wanted to enter into. "Shut up." He let the wine, such as it was, lie on his tongue. It was unsophisticated to say the least, highly acidic and oversweet thanks to the sugar she must have adde””
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