Page 144 of The Masks She Wore

?“No, Viv, I’m fine,” she said, laughing casually.

?Fuck, she was so good at wearing her own masks.

?“Yeah,” she nodded as Zo fell into the couch beside me, jostling me. “I didn’t go home with them, I…” her thumbnail found her lips nervously.

?“Damn, she’s good,” Zo smiled.

?“In the bathroom,” Rae revealed, turning away from me.

?I could hear Viv—Beth squealing from here.

?“I know, I know,” Rae laughed, lowering her hand. “Three…no, they took…you know, I don’t want to divulge details,” she waved off.

?My hands tightened. It was fictional, I knew that, but even imagining her being with anyone who wasn’t me? Fuck, if I hadn’t already killed them, I would have killed them just for having to sit through the story.

?Why was she even bringing up that night? It had been over two months since that had happened. But I suppose it was the last thing they had done together. Rae had never answered the text Viv had sent, so her friend was probably searching for any detail she could get on the matter.

?I still couldn’t decide if it had been a setup or not, but I sure as fuck didn’t trust her.

?Viv must have said something that Rae didn’t like because her shoulders fell an inch. “No,” she said, “it didn’t come up. Look—”

?My brows pulled together at the shift in conversation.

?“Why would that come up, Viv? It was a quickie in the bathroom at an abandoned cathedral hours from any of those things—”

?I sat forward, trying to hear what I knew I never would.

?“People use toys in the bedroom all the time, just because you decided to stay vanilla doesn’t mean you get to condemn everyone else in the world for experimenting!” she snapped.

?My brows rose. Was that bitch judging my girl for what she liked again? If I had to guessBethhad probably never experienced the kind of orgasms Rae had. She had no idea what the human body was capable of, and yet here she was, judging my girl. Fuck her.

?Rae shoved her beautiful hair back. “Why did you call?” she finally asked, getting right to the point.

?“It’s been a while since I’ve been in a real catfight,” Zo commented under her breath, her arms folded across her chest.

?She wouldn’t have the opportunity. I’ve put a bullet between the eyes of lesser men for lesser things. Disrespect my wife? Might as well hand me your signed death certificate.

?Rae turned her head just enough for me to see her profile, the narrowing of her eyes, the confusion in the way her lips curved. “Okay, thank you for letting me know,” she nodded, her eyes flicking to mine. “Um…” she pulled her phone away from her face, checking the screen before putting it back to her ear. “Sure, I’ll meet you at your house? Say around 10?”

?If I hadn’t been so irritated at the fact that Viv had just insulted her, I would have smiled. Rae was certainly not a homebody. Maybe that’s why they had turned her into one. There was no better way to trap a lioness than to lock her in a cage.

?“See you then.” She hung up and turned to me, question in her eyes. “I’ve been invited to an exclusive club that just opened up in Viv’s city.”

?Zo had already pulled out her phone. “Name?”

?Rae walked over as I stood. “Lighter.”

?I took her hand, pulling her attention to me. “I can kill her for you.”

?She gave me a look, her eyes shining. “I can kill her just fine myself, Jack,” she hummed, her eyes flicking to my lips and back.

?“Lighter,” Zo found. “Grand opening is today. Owned by a couple of college kids who bought it a few months ago and fixed it up. They hope it will be the greatest club in the city. Hmm. Bit of a high bar there for a new club in California.”

?Rae and I had been working on touch. She was pushing herself pretty hard to get back to normal, and although her progress was absolutely amazing, we hadn’t made the jump to full on fucking yet.

?However, she had found creative ways to get me off, which I greatly appreciated. Her injuries limited her as well as her mind, but she was doing so good. My good girl.

?“I guess I should get myself a pass,” I mumbled, running my knuckles under her jawline.

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