““No, they weren't fucking. At least not yet, although I'm sure that's where it was leading. Alex was pleasuring Chase." Jasmine was no shrinking violet, but she had no clue as to why she'd suddenly begun to speak in euphemisms. "You can't see me right now, but I'm giving you the side eye at your Victorian turn of phrase." Stephanie's comment made her laugh. "Not the dreaded side eye." "Hell, yes, and you know what that means, right?" "Yes. You think I'm being a big goober." "For lack of a better word. But moving on, I have a question. How is it you saw all this and they didn't see you?" "I think they were too involved in each other to notice me at the door." "You think?" Stephanie paused for a moment. "Or you know?" "I didn't ask and they haven't brought it up, not really." "Not really?" "Chase made a kind of weird comment this morning, but it was nothing." "Why do I have the feeling you're deluding yourself?””
