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She laughed “Oh, no, goodness no, Iwhile”

“Oh, as that?” I coh her silky hair

“I was kind of married”

“Kind of?”

“Actually Actually legally h a couple o This was the first time I’ve been out on a date in years or had sex in months”

“Your ex didn’t –”

“Not for the last year or so before it ended I would al him, but he would always coirl on the side Soether The last of several stabs in the heart It’s odd, really I’ve never really heard of the death by a thousand cuts applied to a e before”

“Why did you marry him?”

“Oh, he was char Romantic and lovely, swept me off my feet I was also 25 at the time and had been sheltered nize a player when one crossed my path My instincts are a lot better now Five years in Hell will do that, I guess”

I wasn’t sure if it was how she e had been amarried at all Her ex could have been so bad he soured her on the entire idea of co before

I couldn’t shake the feeling that shebeyond the physical We clearly connected and the sex was great, as it turned out Perhaps she wanted a Friends-With-Benefits arrangement I really wasn’t sure how I felt about that

I sat bolt upright, carried along by the sheer force of my indecision