The lights flickered on, searing my retinas. I squinted, my mouth still warm from Jake, only to see my mother standing in the doorway like a vengeful ghost in a silk robe. "What in the hell is going on in here?" her voice was a whip-crack. I scrambled back, the cool air hitting my damp lips as Jake reached for the duvet to cover his hardness. For a second, no one breathed. Then the screaming started. "Get out! Both of you!" she shrieked, her face contorting into something I didn't recognize. "I’m divorcing you, Jake! And you—" she looked at me with pure loathing, "you’re disgusting. To do this in my home?" "Clara, stop," Jake’s voice was suddenly clinical, ice-cold. He didn't look like a man who had just been caught. He looked like a man who had been waiting for this. "Don't talk about

