Chapter 234

• She had gone through complex situations in her life, several sad and painful ones, but it was certain that she had never experienced shame like the one suffered as a result of Kaleb's call. She had behaved like a complete fool on the phone, submissive to his voice.
• It was true that she had limited sexual experience, restricted to intimacy with her ex"husband. A difficult, convoluted intimacy that had been almost non"existent in recent years, as Richard had preferred to sleep with any stranger and boast about it to humiliate her. Something he never achieved because for her, it was a relief, sadly. She never made it obvious, of course, as she took great care not to provoke him.
• In this lack of experience, Casie tried to justify herself as soon as she hung up the phone, trying to explain to herself how she had been so naive as to not stop Kaleb and change the subject. Instead, she had hesitated, stumbled over her own words, and he, cunning and seductive, quickly put two and two together, it hadn't been difficult for him to figure her out.