Ruth-Ann used her tongue to trace all of the spaces in between the abdominal muscles, almost like she was digging in the grooves, trying to make them ...ven deeper. She liked the fact that her new lover was so lean. It made it more interesting to look at the muscles moving under the skin. Or like now, more interesting to explore them with her tongue and hands. Even with the showers going full blast, and the steam threatening to swallow them like some stupid monster from her brother’s computer. " I didn't bite him. "Ice cream?" I'm serious, come on." Mark squeezed me."Okay, okay ... Um, I don't know." I shrugged. "What?" Sharing it." Mark nodded. "Watching someone else take a bite and seeing the look on their face, you know?" Yeah." That made a lot of sense."And you could say, 'Isn't that the best pie in the world?' and they'd nod and smile and..." Mark sighed. "That's the only thing that would make this better for me." For us." I kissed him, his chest and I had to brush long black. Don't say anything, just let me talk for alittle bit." She didn't respond so I went ahead. "Okay. First of all,you know that I'm home with my folks and I am fine. So are they, by theway. I've done some thinking since I left the lab last night and I dowant to talk to all of you about the way I left and the things I said,but not right now. I want you to understand that I have reconciledmyself to the way things are right now. I don't like it and I mightnever like it, but I can't change what's. My boss said I had to drive a hard bargain, OK? These are very irregular circumstances."Kris sat, still holding the check. "OK. I don't remember anything about negotiating this kind of thing, but I know how I feel. You pay me what you think is fair for this book. We'll see how it does. If it hits the bestseller list, like my other books did, and I find out you short changed me, it's the last book I'll ever publish here. I've been through hell lately and the last thing I want to deal with is a.