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“Bec ause he litera lly got down on hi s knees and said, ‘Pleas e, Li ly.

Pleas e hav e sex with me.’ ”
Dev in raises an ey eb row. “He beg ged ?”
I no d. “It wasn’t as pathet ic as it sound s. He’s usually more
composed .”
The el evator ding s and the doors beg in to open. I can hea r music
pouring from down the ha llway. Dev in takes both of my ha nd s in hi s

and says, “So wha t’s the plan? Do I need to make thi s guy jea lous?”
“No,” I say, sha king my hea d. “Tha t wouldn’t be right .” But . . . R yle
does make it a point ev er y time he sees me to tel l me he ho pes he
nev er sees me again. “Maybe just a little?” I say, scrunc hi ng up my
no se. “A smidge?”
Dev in pops hi s jaw and says, “Cons ider it done. ” He puts hi s ha nd
on my lower back as he walks me out of the el ev ator. There’ s onl y one

visible door in the ha llway, so we make our way over and ring the
doorbel l.
“Why is there onl y one door?” he says.
“She owns the who le top floor.”
He chu ckles . “And she works for you? Damn, your life just keep s
get ting more and more int eres ting .”

The door beg ins to open, and I’m ex trem el y rel iev ed to see Allysa
stand ing in front of me. There’ s music and laught er pouring out of
the apartment behi nd her. She’s ho lding a cha mpagne glass in one
ha nd and a riding crop in the other. She sees me staring at the riding
crop with a conf used look on my face, so she tosses it over her
sho ulder and grabs my ha nd . “It’s a long story,” she says, laughi ng .
“Come in, come in! ”

She pulls me in and I squeez e Dev in’s ha nd and drag hi m behi nd
me. She cont inu es pulling us thro ugh a crowd of peo ple unt il we
rea ch the othe r side of the living room. “Hey !” she says, tugging on
Marsha ll’s arm. He turns around and smiles at me, then pulls me in
for a hu g. I glanc e behi nd hi m, and around us, but there’ s no sign of
R yle. May be I got lucky an d he got cal led in to work tonight .

Marsha ll rea ches out for Dev in’s ha nd and sha kes it. “Hey, man!
Good to meet you!”
Dev in wraps an arm around my waist. “I’m Dev in! ” he yel ls over the
music. “I’m Lily’s sex ual partner! ”