Either get out of bed or else take your clothes off," he said. "I'm not in the mood to compromise.

The line uses a blunt, comic ultimatum to force a choice between two mutually exclusive options—leave the bed (end the intimate situation) or remove clothes (escalate it). The speaker’s refusal “to compromise” turns what might be flirtation into a power play, highlighting impatience and a desire for clarity rather than ambiguity. In Evanovich’s style, the humor comes from the exaggerated directness and the collision of everyday phrasing with sexual tension. The quote also signals a dynamic where one character tries to seize control of the moment, pushing the other out of indecision and into action, while keeping the tone light and bantering rather than solemn.