"Why, you gonna stick up for me?" She leaned up and gently licked the dips and rises of his ear, keeping her voice husky so as not to hurt his ear drum. "Say, 'sorry, guy... Ms. Lee was indisposed. She was far too naked to come home and pay her rent'?" She pursed her lips at the thin skin behind his lobe. He smelled of aftershave, sunshine, and the clear river air.