GEEKY GIRL REVENGE
I said after a bite, “then a whisper of barrel-aged rum. But most of all, the burnt edge, the faint bitterness of scorched sugar.”
Hugo beamed, as if hearing his favorite symphony.
“Exactly. Most people rush to enjoy the sweetness and miss that trace of bitterness. But that's where the memory stays.”
“Memories always live in the cracks,” I replied. “Sweetness is just the wrapping—to make it easier to swallow.”
He tapped his spoon on the plate, fingers interlaced. “Ana… you keep shifting the definitions I rely on. Reminding me how narrow my views have been.”
“For a tycoon,” I teased, “aren’t your definitions usually the ones everyone else adopts?”
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