I was sitting in the lounge area, reading, when Matt came in. He stood a few feet away, with the air of a man with something to say. I looked up at him questioning, and saw that he was blushing fiercely. I c****d an eyebrow.
“I…thought of a way I could…pay you.”
“Really.”
He nodded and looked at me, raised his eyebrows.
“What?”
He looked down at himself, then back at me, and shrugged. “Well, you can suck me off, if you want.”
The affectation of scorn riled me slightly, but it also made me want to laugh. Incredibly, behind the façade I thought I detected the wariness he had always shown. I had the impression he was actually a bit frightened, and that puzzled me.
We regarded each other in silence for a while, and finally I decided that I would play along with this game. I had the sens
