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“You’re not? Huh, he really did ”

“What?” she asked

“Jardin and I used to be best friends,” he continued on as though she hadn’t spoken “We shared a partner, Sally I thought she wanted us both Also thought that sharing her was the only way I could be close to Jardin”

“You mean the two of you weren’t—” she broke off with a blush “Sorry, that’s none of my business”

“You can ask as ’s off-limits to you”

Was he serious? Why would he want to talk to her about it? She was nothing to either of the

“We weren’t together like that back then I cao I would have told you that, had our relationship gone beyond one date”

Shame flooded her

“Does that worry you?” he asked, his face shutting down

She frowned slightly “Should it?”

He shrugged “Lots of people don’t get it I’ve had partners ere intimidated by it for some reason Had a fallout with my family over it They wanted me to pick a side”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah and they wanted me to pick the fehteen years”

That was so sad

“I’m so sorry”