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“I wouldn’t get too excited,” said Zoey, kicking off her heels and plopping into the chair across from Elise “I had sex”

Hazel rolled her eyes at Elise “She had sex” Her gaze fell to Zoey, and she waved her on “In a roo”

Again, Zoey laughed “I don’t really knohat to say It’s just as you’d iine it to be Rich, luxurious ats less scary”

“So, it wasn’t creepy?” Elise asked

“Surprisingly, not creepy,” Zoey replied after a ht “Actually, very sensual Like the rooment there Just a connection to watch others” She was sure she wasn’t getting it right, so she shrugged “It’s hard to explain It’s just…not creepy… It’s sexy as hell, and I shockingly liked it”

Hazel sat next to Elise, leaning forward “And did you take off your mask? Did Jake and Scott see you?”

Zoey nodded “Even behind the masks, I kneho they were” Their faces were burned into her mind

“And?” Elise pressed “What happened?”

“They took one look at me, lost all the color in their faces, and left”

“Fucking cowards,” Elise snapped

“Wow,” Hazel breathed, leaning back against the couch, hands pressed to her chest “Thatfor you”

Zoey thought it over and finally nodded “I think it was the biggest fuck you I could have given them That I knew, and they knew and saw, that the lies they spread were never true That I was a virgin up until tonight And that they didn’t break me or make me afraid of them I’ve already been in front of people, exposed completely, and that was not my choice This was my choice On my terms”

Elise gave a fir pricks”

Zoey smiled “My sentiments exactly”

Hazel bounced on the couch “So, what happened after that?”