The Editor's Ex
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The Editor's Ex

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 20261 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

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The Flame of Passion.

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The genre's dead, you'd say, when, lured by tales of I the Wed, I'd raid the Romance Isle.

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The Editor's Ex. Because you're gone, I take a book to bed. The Flame of Passion. Scabbard at his thigh, Sir Maximus distracts the maiden's eye from her devotional.

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The genre's dead, you'd say, when, lured by tales of I the Wed, I'd raid the Romance Isle. I learned to lie about my day. Hoard Harlequins on the sly while you were off at work, your office spread with red ink to proofs. But now it makes me yawn to read beyond the couple's wedding night.

0:41

I close the flame, not even halfway through. His sword grows dull while she goes on and on about how lovers must stay true. I'd write another ending, if I could, for you.

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