CHAPTER 28 THIS NEW RELATIONSHIP with Oliver, if you could call it that, took a bit of getting used to. At eleven o’clock on Monday morning, I got the first text message. Oliver Rocky Rhodes: I can free up evenings on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week. Which of those suit you? O. When I’d suggested the twice-a-week thing, it hadn’t really occurred to me that I’d be scheduling s*x in like a hair appointment or a manicure. Or a Ruby. No, Stef. Do not go there. This thing with Oliver was totally different. Wasn’t it? But mainly because he wasn’t paying me. I cast that thought to the back of my mind as I typed out a reply. Stef: Thursday and Saturday. Imogen works Thursdays and she’ll probably go out on Saturday. And you don’t happen to have Malachi’s number, do you? Oliver Rocky

