“Don’t worry. I’m sure Tanner will buy you at the auction. And if he doesn’t…oh well. Tonight is the perfect opportunity to make him jealous.”
“But I don’t want to make him jealous.”How many times do I have to tell Chastity I don’t want to play games with Tanner?“Everything is going so well. I finally got him to… Oh my God! I haven’t told you yet.”
“He asked you out?!”
“Oh. No. But he did tell me about…” I lowered my voice to a whisper. “DODO.”
“Really?”
“Yup. I confronted him about it at the menagerie.”
“So what daughters did he bang? Was it triplets? I bet it was triplets.”
“Nope. No triplets. Or daughters at all! Turns out DODO doesn’t stand for Dads of Daughters Only.”
“Then what does it stand for?” asked Chastity as she tried on a statement necklace from one of the mannequins.
“Uh…he didn’t say. But he told me it’s an ancient organization.”
“That does what exactly?”
“Makes people disappear.”
“So he told you…no new information.”
“No, he…”Shit!“That sneaky little bastard! It felt like he was telling me so much. But now that I think about it, you’re right. He told me nothing. Just that they’re dangerous and he’s working on it.”
“It’s awesome that he’s a billionaire and everything, but I’m getting really tired of him treating you like shit.”
“He doesn’t treat me like shit. He orders me dinner every night. And saves me from having my sex tape released to the world. And surprises me with the world’s coolest closet.”
“And strings you along as his not-quite-girlfriend, refusing to bang you because of some mysterious organization. Oh my God…” She snapped her fingers. “That’s it. I can’t believe I didn’t see it sooner. He’s totally wifey-zoning you.”
“Wifey-zoning? What is that?”
“You know. Like hubby-zoning, only reversed.”
“So like…marrying someone?”
“No! Hubby-zoning. It’s when you find a great guy who is husband material. But you still wanna keep fucking around with other people for a bit. So you string him along - lots of quality time, gifts, and a little bit of fooling around - but don’t give it all up. Just enough to keep them hanging around. Meanwhile you’re getting absolutely railed by 10s every weekend. But since you aren’t technically dating the hubby-zoned guy, it’s not cheating.”
“I don’t think that’s a thing.”
“Sure it is. I’m doing it with like…three different guys right now.” She looked so pleased with herself.
“Wait, so you’re hubby-zoning three different guys? Or banging three different guys on the side?”
She shrugged. “Actually both.”
What?“You can’t hubby-zone three people. You can only have one husband. And you definitely shouldn’t bang three people at the same time.” That sounded worse than I meant for it to…
Chastity laughed. “Do you see a ring on my finger?”
I was pretty sure Chastity was doing life wrong. But damnit, what if she was right?
“You really think that’s what Tanner’s doing to me?” I asked.
“Yes. I’ve got it all figured out. His whole deal is that he invites random girls to join the Society. He uses their first wish to help them get comfortable, and then on their second wish he has them fulfill whatever sex fetish he’s into that night. Then he ghosts them. But since they’re now members of a sex club with tons of other hot dudes, he doesn’t have to worry about clingers. It’s really quite brilliant.”