Chapter 184

"I know exactly what you mean, though," I said, putting a hand on her leg. She shifted toward me more closely.

"I need to just come out and say this, okay?" Kat said.

"Kitty Kat," I said, "you can always talk to me. You know that."

"I didn’t let Stephen take my ass this weekend," she said. "I made that promise, and I kept it. You’re the only man who gets my ass."

"That’s actually very sweet," I said.

"But I wanted him to," she admitted. "I begged him to. But he wouldn’t do it."

"Okay," I said, a bit confused.

"That’s the factual baseline," Kat explained. "I need you to know that’s what happened. But what I need to tell you is that it changed me."

"How do you mean?" I asked.

"It’s hard to put it into words, so it’s going to be clumsy, and I’m just going to say it," she said. "I felt like