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"Sex class?" I put a hand on my stomach, which feels flip-floppy at the prospect. "Does that mean I—"
"You watch," Loveless says, winking at me. "Now, follow us."
So I do. I follow them around to the right side of the main manor house, into a spacious suite that's outfitted with more cameras than the rest of Love Incorporated.
A hot guy with silky blond-brown hair and pale blue eyes is waiting. When he sees Juniper, he grabs her hand, and I watch with a notch between my brows while the two of them step into another room, and a few of the girls I don't know well move in to give me hugs.
"We're leaving," Bella says. "Don't want to be a looky loo."
"Have a great day," a girl named Luri tells me.
"Juniper’s the best,” assures a slightly younger girl.
When the room clears out, it's only Loveless, Marie V., and I. On the other side of the window, Juniper and the guy—who I quickly find is named Aspen—are making out. We sit down on a plush couch, and I ask if the window is one-sided.
"Oh, yes. They can't see us," Marie V. tells me.
But I can definitely see Juniper. She's unzipping Aspen's pants, and I'm feeling a little awkward.
"Clients pay to watch this?" I ask them as Aspen pulls off her blouse.
"Some," Loveless says.
"Wow, that's weird."
"But not for you," Marie V. says. "It's good. They're going to show you the ropes. Feel free to walk up to the window. That's why they're doing it. So you can see what it's going to be like."
"Wow." I do end up at the window, only because Loveless prods me to. I'm still reeling an hour later as we eat a picnic lunch on the lawn behind the main manor house. When Juniper finally shows up, drinking a smoothie and wearing a long, pink robe, she grins. "Well, what did you think?"
"You were amazing."
She bats her lashes, and I realize they look longer—and her face looks more made up. "That's what I'm told."
"Well it's true." I gesture to her robe. "Are you working right now?"
"I am. I just came out between clients. I don't have one for another for forty-five minutes, and it's you."
I nearly choke on my diet soda, and she laughs. "I'm going to be your model. It's the web cam preview, remember? I'll model the moves they'll want you to make, and then you'll make them. It won't be so bad."
"You can do it," Loveless assures me.
"Thank you. I'm nervous." Very. I’ve been here for days, but I still don’t feel ready to pose for a camera. How could I?
"You're ready for this," Marie V. told me.
We shoot the shit a while longer, and then Juniper and I go film my web cam preview. It's easier than I think it will be—all the film people are nice. I'm wearing panties and a bra, but my face is shadowed, so on the screen, which I can see out of the corner of my eye, you can see the general shape of my head but not much else.
Afterward, Juniper and I practice some moves, which is funny and not at all sexual. I do dinner in the dining room, where I'm regaled with stories of everyone's day. Loveless is working all night, and so is Juniper. I have the night off, so I head back to my room, where I get a call from Suri and I get a chance to say a few things to Cross.
When Suri gets the phone back in her hand, she says she's leaving Cross, so she'll call me back. When she does, I get the whole story on her and Adam.
"It doesn't seem logical to be with anyone else, because we care about each other, but it's not enough. Neither one of us wants to make the sacrifices you should be making if you're going to get married." Her voice cracks a little, and she says, "It's not just him. It's me, too. I love him, Lizzy, but there's no...passion. Does that sound ridiculous?"
"Not at all."
“Really?"
"It’s what makes the mundane stuff doable.”
