Chapter 114

I wasn’t sure how she would react. I stopped and looked at her, not breaking eye contact. She was pretty in a very wholesome way. She reminded me of an elementary school teacher.

"Are you serious?" she said, and I immediately wondered if it wasn’t the catchphrase of all suburbia. "That’s so naughty. And you’re really good looking. You remind me of this guy I had a crush on in college."

"And you’re bored at home?" I asked.

"Our husbands are all the same," Julie said. "They sell houses, and they go drinking. We just kind of get bored."

"Well, I’m anything but boring," I said.

As I spoke, Crystal and Bianka returned, more lively than before. It was striking to see Crystal with her two peers. She looked more refined, showed more acumen when it came to teasing out her beauty, and she carried herself with greater confidence.

"He’s not boring at all," Crystal said.

"Can I ha