“Then maybe you should see about doing the latter, for once in your life,” Howell grumbled, at her being particular over words. Forget listening: if she just kept her mouth shut and followed instructions, the world would be a simpler place. “See? It’s not hard,” he said, succumbing to the goddamned chocolate he’d been given merely to prove an example to her, and chewing it aggressively to boot. Lighten up, his arse.
