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I glance down and notice that the robe has opened enough to show soe

“It got the job done, but I don’t plan a repeat performance”

He sry”

“Let’s eat”

Oh, God, why did I come here?

I was just getting settled into this crazy little life with Zane, and now I’ht-out party with Natalie Williams and all of her friends

There must be twenty-five women here

Gorgeous women

The gene pool in this room is so impressive, I don’t even knohat to say

Like Zane, I don’t knohat happens at this kind of thing I’ve never been invited to one I pictured five or six wo onnearby

This is not that

Not even a little

Luke and Natalie’s house is…huge With gorgeous water views, the place is soazine A wall of s has been opened like an accordion so there’s indoor and outdoor seating

And if you choose outdoor, there’s a pool

The massive kitchen is covered in food, and the pro and little decals that have Ao on them There’s a separate bar area where a beautiful redhead shakes a shaker and fills pretty glasses with lees on the rim

Anize fro brushes and copious a room table that, by my calculations, comfortably seats twelve

I do not belong here

Going out for dinner is one thing, but this? This is another thing entirely

Just as I’m about to text Zane and tell him to turn around and come back for me, Natalie rushes over and takes my hand

“Oh, I’lad you came”

“Really?”

She laughs and leads me into the room “Yes, absolutely We went a little overboard, but this is a celebration, so I’m not sorry Now, for some introductions I don’t expect you to remember everyone’s names”

But I will I’ a school full of kids’ names

“Hi, I’,” a pretty woman says “We’re a lot to handle, but we’re a lot of fun”

I meet Jules, Samantha, Brynna, and Stacy, who are all in the kitchen, hovering over the food

A table and then lead me outside to meet a dozen more women

Once we’ve fully estures and says, “That’s all of us Again, I don’t expect you to remember Just ask, or say, ‘Hey you’”

“I’ll remember,” I assure her