"Technique alone is not enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder." — Raymond Chandler
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"You always knew from the start that I was cursed, didn't you?" Scarlett threw the question at him. It all made sense now. She always wondered why he hated her, it was all because he knew she was a danger to his friend, Jasper.
"So? What difference does it make? Does it change anything between us?" Ben asked her, nonchalantly.
"Yes, it does asshole," She spat at him, "It changes everything. You won't believe that I hated your guts,"
"Oh trust me, I'm not surprised," He told her with a trace of humor, "I've made a lot of enemies over the years, else why would Jeremy have kidnapped you?"
To get to her probably, she reasoned. But she doesn't follow Jeremy's logic at all. She and Ben hated each other's guts, what makes him think she's special to Ben?