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“No, it’s…” She pulled her hair back and let it fall again. “But he said all that while he was still flirting with them online, making sexual comments, telling them he jerked off to their pictures, liking all their stories and shit. And then when they’d try to meet up, he’d ghost them, basically leading them on.”
“This is after you two agreed to date?”
“Yes.”
“Wow. What a piece of garbage.”
“I just don’t know if it’s fair for me to ask him to…”
“Ask him to what, act like your boyfriend? The boyfriend he basically pressured you into having? He doesn’t get to have it both ways, Amara.”
“It's just...he’s still young.”
“Bullshit! He’s fuckin’ three years older than me, and I have no problem tellin’ a bitch to go home.”
“Shit. I always forget how young you are, Tyler.”
“Yeah? And I always forget that you belong in a nursing home, Grandma.”
She elbowed him. “Dick.”
“So, what’d those hoes have to say about me?”
She laughed. “There’s been nothing posted since your breakup, but before? That you don’t cheat, that you won’t cheat, that you don’t respond to messages, and to not even waste your time. Every single one of them.”
He flexed. “Boom. See that? That’s how it’s done.” He looked down at the floor. “It’s not that complicated to be a real man, Amara. You wanna screw around, you don’t get into a relationship. You wanna be in a relationship with someone, you make sacrifices.”
“Coming from the guy who ruined two marriages,” she replied, instantly regretting it when she saw the hurt that crept across his face.
“That’s fucked up. I made mistakes, OK? Big, heavy mistakes that I have to carry around daily, that haunt me nonstop. But that’s not an excuse not to change. I’m not that 16-year-old lost kid anymore, Mar.”
“I’m sorry. I had no right to say that.”
“No, you didn’t. But you’re hot, so I’ll let it slide.”
She changed the subject. “Back to what I was saying. As far as making sacrifices, with this…arrangement, we kinda don’t have to.”
“You gonna come cry on my shoulder every time he fucks another younger, hotter girl and your old ass feels insecure?”
“Will you let me?”
“You know I will.”
“I mean, I had some fun with her, too. And it was kinda hot watching him do his thing with someone else. I just have to force myself to get used to it is all. Besides, I have some other options of my own I’d like to explore.”
“Well, for the record, I know you both pretty well, and I think this is a real fuckin’ stupid idea.”
“I don’t remember asking what you think,” she spat back.
“So, uh, you never answered my question.” He snuck an arm around her waist and scooted her closer to him, so their hips touched. He reached his other hand around the back of her head, pulling her forehead to his.
“What are you doing?” she asked, running a hand across his chest.
“Do you get to play, too? You allowed to explore those other options?”
“Yes.”
“Really?”
