{"product_id":"2940045952088","title":"Free Flattery","description":"\u003cp\u003e-I’m not really looking forward to something… long-I glance at him to check his reaction as I take another gulp from my beer. He smiles kind of absently and I don’t know how to read that, so I just wait for the answer.\u003cbr\u003e-You don’t look like the usual one-night-stander-is all he says.\u003cbr\u003e-Was that meant to be a compliment?-he laughs. His voice is so naturally coarse I’m afraid it might scratch his vocal cords away.-Well, surprise then, cowboy. No offense, but you sure do look like the usual one-night-stander.\u003cbr\u003e-No offense taken, gorgeous-the free flattery makes me shiver.-But I’m quite the opposite to normal. How about you?\u003cbr\u003eHis left hand, hidden until now, slips calmly over the counter, almost by chance, but I pale when I see what it carries. He wears a symbol - like a yin-yang but parted in three zones -, a silver piece, small on his ring finger.\u003cbr\u003eAnd I know what it means. He drinks, looking like he does not even care about my reaction, but we both know this is the critical point.\u003cbr\u003eThen I let my right hand fly over my beer, circling the edge with a finger, and I know he sees it. Gold ring, simple, with a smaller ring attached to it. It kind of resembles a dog collar, doesn’t it?\u003cbr\u003eWell, it is.\u003cbr\u003eHe smiles openly this time. The already thin lips stretch, showing me a neat white row of teeth. I laugh, infected by the cheerful insolence this man exudes from every pore, and I finish my beer and stand on my heels, disorienting him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Dickinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078368739568,"sku":"2940045952088","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045952088_p0.jpg?v=1763982572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045952088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}