Page 233 of The Heart You Kept

“I don’t understand. Explain this to me.”

“Umm….” He looks out over the restaurant. “I’ve gone over this conversation in my head all day and still it….” He shrugs. “It sounds bad every way I put it.”

“Just spit it out.”

“She used to join Hermione and me in bed.”

I blink, in surprise…in shock…in sheer fucking horror.

“What?” I whisper.

Wherever I thought this conversation was going…this is not it.

He clears his throat and refills his glass of wine.

“You and Hermione used to have orgies?”

“Not orgies, just the three of us.”

What?

“You would fuck her in front of Hermione?” I whisper.

He sips his wine and raises his eyebrows.

That’s a yes.

“How…. Did….” I frown as I try to collect a thought. “So you and Hermione had an open relationship?”

“No, well.” He shrugs. “It’s complicated.”

I put my fingers to my temple. “You need to explain this to me because my mind is completely blown right now.” Actually I need some wine too, hell, I might start drinking from the bottle. I pick up my glass and take a giant gulp. “How did this start?”

“She was Hermione’s friend.”

What?

“You fucked her friend in front of her?” I whisper, horrified.

“I told you it sounds bad.” He rolls his lips.

“Wait, go back to the beginning. So is this how you all started, like the three of you hooking up and then you sided with Hermione or….”

“I was with Hermione and we were.” He cracks his neck, seriously uncomfortable with this conversation. “Struggling.”

“Struggling how?”

“Sexually.”

I stare at him, my mind a clusterfuck of confusion. How the hell could you struggle with this man sexually? He’s the GOAT.

“So there was an attraction issue or….” I frown.

“I tried to end it because….” He stops himself.

“It’s okay, just tell me.”

“I feel bad giving out this information.”