“Do you know what I did when I was out of town? At night,

I mean?" he asked.

Erica was forced to shift her gaze away from his perfect pecs.

“If it's something gross, don't tell me," she joked, to cover up her anxiety.

‘What is he getting at?' she wondered.

Matthew turned his head and slowly kissed the bite mark on his shoulder.

Erica looked at the man in astonishment. ‘He can do that? It sounds impossible.’ The next moment, she goofily tried to kiss herself on the shoulder like he did. It turned out she could do it too. It took some doing, and you had to come at it at a weird angle, but it was possible.

The spot she kissed on her own shoulder matched where she had bitten

Matthew. What a crazy coincidence.

‘Well, that was weird. If he turns his head just right, he can kiss the spot where I bit him.*

Then, somehow, their eyes met. The mischievous look in Matthew's eyes brought Erica back to her senses. ‘No, no, no. What am I thinking? This man is obviously flirting with me!'

Blushing, Erica grabbed his hand and put it to her lips, threatening to bite.

"Put me down, or I'll bite you again!"

Matthew put his fingers on her soft lips and said, “Go ahead.

Especially if it means I can sleep with you. In fact, bite me a lot so

I can take you again and again!"

This man was really driving her nuts. She broke down and asked, "What the hell do you want, huh?"

“An answer to my question!" He needed to know who that man was!

Why did Erica put on makeup for him? Why did his wife just let him in, and treat his wound so willingly, to boot?

Taking a deep breath, Erica began telling him everything reluctantly.

“His name's Watkins Cruz. He said we went to the same high school, and

I hit him with my car. No, scratch that-I didn't hit him, he bumped into the car by himself..."

As she talked, she swore inwardly, ‘Wow! That man really knows how to push my buttons! What a jerk! I'LL pay him back one day! I'll have sex with him so many times a day that I'll make him cry and beg every time and he'll have to drink wolfberry tea and eat sea cucumbers to recover from it!'

“Why did you put on makeup?"

“I didn't. When Mom and I went shopping, the saleslady put it on for me," Erica explained. Why did he keep asking about the makeup? Did he think it was ugly?