"Nah, it's not you, darlin. Just seems that I know all the wrong things to say to all the right women." Jesse grinned. "Most of the tiny blond ones don't like bein called that, then they get all uppity with me when I mention how pretty they are, or call em somethin like darlin or sweetheart. Sometimes they try an' punch me."
Then there were the other situations where he ended up having sex with them after a really furious argument, but he wasn't about to tell Karrin that.
"I just mean to say that I appreciate the comment being taken for what I meant, not as a slight against you or yer size. Or yer hair. Or yer capabilities at doin what you do with yer sword."
Of course, listening to himself, he still sounded flip about it, but he supposed part of that could be the Texas coming through.
Habit took over his hands, and he reached for his smokes and his lighter.