He was her Master in all things – except this. They both knew it and accepted the temporary switch it brought about. He pulled her hair again, this ...ime bringing her up to her feet. ‘Seems you get your wish after all, darling.’ Steven turned her around and released the cuffs and she spun back to his face. ‘What are you talking about, baby? Why did you take your little boy-cock away from me?’ Her laugh was slightly more cruel than kind. She pushed her round belly into her husband. Her eyes were. “Hey,” he said. “Didn’t recognise you there. Day off?” She nodded.“Yup, ventured out for a beer. Thanks for pointing out the tyre, by the way. All fixed now.”“No worries,” he said, and noticed her book. “Here alone?” She nodded again.“I’d offer for you to join us, but that might be awkward. First date.” His head indicated towards his table.“Ah,” Phoebe said, with a note of relief, after he’d placed his order with the bartender. “No problem. I’m Phoebe, by the way.”‘Tom,” he said, extending his. But once again Beatrice saved his life. And once more in a way that seemed more by chance than circumstance.Paul somehow managed to be on just the right side of the emergency hatch that slammed shut well within a second of the walkway suddenly and unaccountably exploding. Paul later learnt that the walkway had always suffered from a design fault, so in a sense such a catastrophe was just waiting to happen. When towards the end of the third millennium the proud Lunar citizens built the long. For the first time in my life, I was the guy that made the other men think, ”what has he got?!” It also made me cautious- why would a woman so desirable be with me? “I just never met the right guy,” she’d said when I asked how she could still be single. There had to be something wrong with her- some dark secret that she was hiding, but I couldn’t find anything wrong…in fact everything felt right as we spent more time together. We’d been dating for about 2 months. Two glorious,.