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I'm not willing to be the “mistress” anymore. Either you end it with Quinn, or you end it with me.

Okay. It was fun.

“He's calling her bluff,” Quinn said quietly. “If she sticks to this, he'll beg her to stay. He did the same thing when I asked for a divorce. “Okay. If that's what you want.” Then, when I served him with the papers, he freaked out and begged me to stay.”

Seriously? Four months of telling me you love me and I'm better than her in every single way, and you're going to choose her over me?

Yep. Because that was the agreement. I told you from the start that I wasn't going to leave her, and you didn't want to leave Tenn.

This was supposed to be fun and relaxed, and you're making it way more work than my marriage ever was. I do love you, but I'm not leaving Quinn.

Because she might start using coke again.

Yes! And because we will both end up jobless and homeless with two cars we can't afford.

Rhyme won't fire us. We could sue him.

Didn't you read your contract? There's a morality clause; he absolutely can fire us, and since he's good friends with Quinn's twin brother, he will!

Well, part of our agreement was that we weren't going to be intimate with our spouses!

Unless necessary! And we didn't have sex! It was just cuddling through a movie, for fuck's sake!

Which I would say is more intimate than sex! And she posted it on Social media for everyone to see!

I told you to stop stalking her on social media.

She is threatening divorce, and I will do whatever she fucking wants me to do so that doesn't happen!

Can you follow the agreement, or am I taking Quinn to Atlanta?

Take Quinn, and I'll send every text you've ever sent me to her.

If you think I haven't laid the groundwork about your childishness and jealousy, you have another thing coming. She'll just think you're crazy.

Can you follow the agreement?

You're an asshole.

I know. Want to fuck your anger at me out of your system?

Dick

Meet you in the car.

“Remind me to never get in either of their cars.” Quinn shook her head as she screenshotted everything and sent it to Deedee.

“Has he been laying that groundwork?” Tenn asked curiously.

“He started this morning,” Quinn explained as she began to put her things away. “Said we wouldn't be able to be friends because she was jealous and childish but framed it as because she was jealous of me spending time with you.”

Tenn watched her pack things up and took her bag to carry up the stairs for her. “How do you want to handle tonight?”

“Same as we did the dinner.” She took her bag from him and smiled. “Joel won't be there until seven or later. He doesn't have much in common with any of my friends.”

Tenn hugged her tightly. “Drive safe. See you in a couple of hours.”

Chapter Twenty-Two: Maybe Overstepping

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