Chapter 175

"I love it," Kat and Katie said simultaneously.

"Let’s do it," I said. "We can pick a place during the walk."

Jess looked spent.

"I think I’m going to stay back," she said. "I could really use a shower. That was really draining."

"Stay!" Rita insisted.

"I’ll text Juliet," Kat said. "We can make a plan, and you just rest, Jess!"

"You should stay with her, John," Rita said.

It was more than a suggestion, and it elicited in a soft but perceptible smile showing on Jess’s lips. Kat, Rita, and Katie headed out with the double stroller, looking like the cover of a Lululemon catalog.

"I’m going to shower," Jess said, her eyes telling me to follow her.

I watched her perfect ass move confidently from side to side as she went upstairs. It was almost at face level as I ascended behind her. Jess sat down on our bed to take off her shoes and let