"I like how much you want me," she murmurs, returning to her task, determined to get him to pull on her.

Men who wanted things from her wanted it like this, most of the time. It was quick, and it was easy to demean her with it. She likes going down on Sweeney because she never feels belittled by it. Sometimes it's nice, she thinks, to have a little reminder that she isn't the desperate girl she once was.