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Hedonism, where people come from all over the world to live out their fantasies

Ava Jennings pulled the color brochure from her office printer and swiveled in her chair to face her desk A shaky breath exited her lungs Not a sigh of relief, but of… Of what? Excitement or trepidation?

Her office door popped open, startling Ava She dropped the brochure and shuffled a file folder to cover it When she focused on the person standing there, Ava found Katie, one of her best girlfriends After attending the saether working on different floors of the sa

“Ready to go?” Katie asked, sliding into a chair across from Ava’s desk

“Not quite” She straightened the papers “You got here fast Why don’t I meet you at the bar?”

Katie’s blue eyes darted to Ava’s desk, and a suspicious s forward, Katie shoved aside the mountain of busywork and plucked up the color brochure “Ah-ha”

“Hey…” Ava grabbed for it, but Katie was too fast

“What have we got—” Her words halted as her eyes took in the tantalizing photos and descriptions “An adults-only, all-inclusive erotic vacation destination on the Mexican Riviera?” Her gaze shot to Ava’s “Is this for real?”

Ava wanted to chastise her friend’s disbelief But the truth was even this tiny show of doubt uess the whole idea

“Don’t look at me like that” Ava shut down her computer and closed the lid

“Like what? Like I’ out an alien takeover of my very best friend?”

Ava was both amused and frustrated with Katie’s accuracy “Shut up”

“Okay I’ll shut up, and you talk” She laid the brochure on Ava’s desk and flattened her hand over the ies of paradise “Because I’ve never heard you even hint at interest in anything like this”

Ava straightened her spine “I think it’s time I did”

“Catering to guests who prefer clothing-optional spaces, sex-club-level entertainourmet menu?” She looked at Ava “For a woman who doesn’t like the way her perfect body looks in a bikini? A woman who exercises obsessively to control said perfect body? A woman who doesn’t even knohat happens at a sex club? A woanically?”

There was only one of those statee “My body’s not perfect, which is why I eat organically and exercise—”