Chapter 176

"He just likes you freshly fucked?" I said.

She laughed and shushed me. "We won't say anything about that," she said.

I was desperately curious about what was up. Jess had something planned. Since Marco had died, and we had thrown ourselves into this relentless hedonism, she had shown an insatiable ability to surprise me. At the same time, it still felt like we maintained some limits because of Kat's work. That restriction was falling by the wayside, and there was an anxiousness inside me to discover what that would mean. Was it possible to get even more debauched than we already were?

By lunch and its aftermath, that answer to that question clearly was a resounding yes. Calling it "lunch" was a bit of a stretch. Jess and I picked up Kat before meeting Rita at a trendy restaurant with a bustling, popular patio. Rita, intentionally, wore the same style dress as Kat, only in white. They sat next to one another and looked stunni