Chapter 137

It was just one more thing that had made her odd on the Moon. Everyone else up there was experimenting and having sex with everyone else. But Trish had always held herself apart. Maybe because she hadn't really trusted anyone else or fit in anywhere. The other orphans and children of workers had attended one school, Trish and the children of wealthy families had attended another. There had been other scholarship students there, but none of them had been orphans or particularly friendly. So Trish had focused on her studies and hadn't bothered with relationships. Her few friendships were very shallow. More like acquaintances really.

So she didn't really understand why her body was reacting the way it was. Why it felt good, even though she was scared to death, when he caressed her in certain ways.

What she did understand was that her physical reactions were completely out of synch with her emotional ones.

By the time they were led into a large room, big