“He told me.”
There’s that spark again. It almost looks like… excitement. Why would Jessica be excited about this conversation? Caroline crooked one eyebrow and took a guess. “How long have you been sleeping with him?” she asked calmly.
“About a year,” Jessica replied, equally calm.
Maggie and Sophie gasped in unison.
How interesting that I don’t feel angry or jealous at all. “So that’s why he started to lose interest in me. He was busy somewhere else.”
Sophie made an uninterpretable sound as though trying to think of something to say.
Jessica shook her head, sending her hair tumbling around her bare shoulders, and cut her off. “He didn’t lose interest. He likes you. He thinks you’re the perfect woman. He told me. He wants to keep you forever.” A hint of bitterness soured her voice a
