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Tess paced the bedroom she shared with Mo and tried to calm down. She wanted to believe that Sebastian chose to spend time with her, but she had the feeling that it was merely one of the many and varied duties of his job.
In her heart, she wanted to be happy for Mo, but she couldn’t seem to keep her simmering jealousy at bay. It made her feel like a terrible friend to begrudge Mo’s much-deserved happiness, but it seemed like they had slipped into some sort of alternate universe where Tess’s lifelong dreams came true for Mo. It simply didn’t feel right.
When Mo finally returned to their room, her moony expression was so unlike her that Tess couldn’t help but smile at her. The ladies decided to sit outside on their balcony and enjoy the balmy nighttime air.
“So?” Tess asked her friend
