Chapter 9Steph
Several weeks passed, weeks during which Lilou was super nice to her and even more fun to be around than usual. Plus the s*x was better than ever and as neither of them mentioned their conversation, Steph came to believe she’d only dreamed it up. Until—
“I’ve got plans on Friday. Sybille from work is celebrating her fortieth and she’s throwing this big thing at Adolfo’s. She’s rented the whole place for the evening, catered of course, and there’s a bunch of us going.”
“What time? I promised Connie I’d meet her at a café after work but I can postpone that.”
“Don’t.”
“Don’t what?”
“Don’t cancel whatever you’re doing with Connie.”
Lilou stopped wiping down the counter—they’d just finished dinner—and turned toward her. Steph closed the cupboard door.
“Why? I can always m
