They were still just as sarcastic and dirty as they were before, but you add that element of being in love with each other into the mix and truly needing the other to need them as much as they did, and it made for a beautiful follow up.
Bennett was the most surprising in this novella. He was such a hard ass in BEAUTIFUL BASTARD and not someone I really wanted Chloe to be with. But in BEAUTIFUL BITCH, we see how hard Bennett has fallen for Chloe and how she's become is world.
I smiled as I thought back to my mother's advice:
"Find a woman who will be your equal in every way. Don't let yourself fall for someone who'll put your world before theirs. Fall for the powerhouse who lives as fearlessly as you do. Find the woman who makes you want to be a better man."
Well, I had found her. Now all I had to do was wait for her to get here, so I could make sure she knew.
Or the slightly drunken text he sent Chloe:
I'm so glad we met when we did. Even if you were an enormous pain in my ass, you're still the best thing that ever happened to me
It's these moments that redeemed Bennett with me. He knew he was a bastard most of the time, but he softened when it came to Chloe. He resented when work took them away from each other and was willing to do whatever they needed to do in order to be together.