Page 57 of Indecent Ventures

“I stared at Collin and then masturbated to him when I got home.”

“Who’s Collin?”

I give her an annoyed look. “Keep up. He’s the best sex guy.”

“Oh, got it. And last night is the first time you’ve had sex with him in four years?”

I bite my lip.

“Oh boy. What did I miss?”

“After the night I saw him out, we had hot sex in Carter and Reagan’s house when they weren’t home. Then we mutually masturbated on a video call the other night. Oh, and we’re doing a project together at work.”

“Do I need to lecture you on how dumb it is to expose yourself in a video call?”

Why does everyone seem to focus on this?

“I’ve got bigger problems than that.”

“I won’t begin to touch on the fact that the two of you had sex in Carter and Reagan’s house.”

“It’s not as bad as it sounds.”

“I hope it wasn’t in their bed.”

“No, in their baby’s nursery.”

“You had sex in a baby’s nursery.”

“It’s not born yet. It’s not like it saw anything.”

She pinches the bridge on the top of her nose. “Am I missing any other piece of this convoluted puzzle?”

“Umm, just one.”

“Let me get a Valium for this.”

“Dr. Pearl, I’m feeling very judged.”

She smiles. “Hit me with it. It can’t get much worse.”

“Collin definitely has had a longtime crush on Reagan.”

She closes her eyes again. “I could write a book on you, Jade. A best-seller.”

“Would that get me my gold star back?”

CHAPTERTWELVE

COLLIN

Ihaven’t heard from Jade in over a week, despite me sending a handful of texts, but today we have a meeting to look through the virtual models she designed for our project. She had her assistant call me to make the appointment.

I’m greeted by that assistant when I arrive. “Ms. McGinley is just finishing up another meeting. She’ll be out in a moment.”

I smile. “Thanks, Minnie.”

About ten minutes later, Jade’s door opens, and she walks out with a young, decent-looking guy. He’s probably in his mid to late twenties.

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