"So pretty," he said and traced his tongue in a line between her lips, probing hard to go deeper.

"You had your chance to tell me I was pretty. Too late now. Dominik thinks I'm beautiful. He told me so."

Mark slipped a finger between her thighs and sank it into her a tiny bit again.

Just then a car door slammed outside.

"My boyfriend is here," she said.

There was a hard knock at the front door.

"Go get it," she said. "You be good."

"Okay, he said, and left her naked on the bed.

Dominik was taller than Mark, by a good six inches. He had broad shoulders. He stared down at Mark with cold eyes.

"You're Mike. Cathy told me about you."

Mark nodded.

"Come on in."

"Where's she at?"

"In the bedroom. That way."

Dominik walked past him without another word. On the way he shifted off his jacket and dropped it on the floor.

Mark trailed him down the hall and into their bedroom.

"Holy shit, look at you," Dominik said when he saw Cathy lying nude on the bed.

"Mark was trying to have sex with me. I didn't let him finish."

Dominik flashed a glance at Mark.

"Why am I not surprised? Did you two fuck at all?"

"A little tiny bit," she said in a small voice. "Is that okay?"

"I can't see how that would matter."