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"Reagan," he whispered "Shh Calo after him," she said "I can’t let him leave He said he loves me and I think… I know I love hiht "Reagan, he’s right You can’t be happy with him He basically told you that he’d cheat on you I know firsthand that you don’t take that well"

She punched hiive hi"

All the air seeave me permission"

"You didn’t ask, Ethan You didn’t even talk to me about it You just screwed soht I wouldn’t be hoan? I knew you wouldn’t understand my attraction to men I scarcely understand it"

"It isn’t your attraction to men that I wouldn’t be able to understand It’s how you could bring yourself to hurt me like that when you claian"

"Did," she corrected

He cupped her lovely face and tilted her head back Brushing the tears from her cheeks with both thumbs, he looked into her eyes and said, "Do"

He didn’t knohat he expected her to say to his confession, but it wasn’t, "Argh!" She shoved his even more You drive me crazy, Ethan"

"I know I don’t h to direct their relationship in the way he wanted it to go Which wasn’t just friends It had never been that kind of relationship to his because he needed her in his life in some capacity Any capacity He knew he’d fked up He owned that h Didn’t know if he could make it up to her Maybe if he helped her keep Trey Would that make her happy? "I could fk Trey for you," he blurted

"What?" she sputtered

"He’s attracted to me I can fulfill his sexual desires and you could trust me not to take him away from you I want you to be happy"

"Did you seriously just volunteer to fk an, he’s not your boyfriend He just dumped you" Ethan jabbed a thumb toward the front door of the apartment

"Shut up! He just needs a little time" She crossed her arroaned and scrubbed her face with both hands "I don’t want to lose him, Ethan Not because of this"

"He told you what he needed to be happy"

"Do you really think we could ether"

"I’s Do you think you can handle sharing him? Even on a purely sexual level"