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And as for not getting laid for months…well, there was Loïc, but I was hardly going to admit that to Alex.
As for Alex saying Tarryn was probably unfaithful to me? I doubted it. We didn’t have that kind of relationship. Even now, she told me all about what was happening with Loïc, almost in real time. It didn’t feel like cheating that way. She’d always been so forthright with me about everything that the possibility of her cheating had never crossed my mind.
I spent maybe an hour working out, then headed for the sauna. My co-workers were in there at the same time, and we sat around shooting the shit while I got progressively sleepier. Maybe I’d skip dinner.
As we talked, I found myself objectively checking out their physiques. The guys were all in their twenties and thirties, and we’d been working out together for months, so everyone was in decent shape.
I listened to Alex as he bragged about some girl he’d picked up a few nights ago, wondering why his body didn’t inspire any lust in me. He was a decent-looking guy. So was Jabir. Mike was a little less attractive, but he had other things going for him. So…why did Loïc appeal to me while they didn’t? I wasn’tattracted to them in the slightest.
Loïc was different, somehow. It seemed inevitable to want him. Who wouldn’t be drawn to a man like that?
Mike and Jabir eventually headed out, leaving me alone in the sauna with Alex.
“Man, you could hook up with some young thing tonight, no problem. It’s early. You might even get home from her place before your old-man bedtime.” Alex laughed as though he was hilarious.
“Not going to happen, but I appreciate the invite.”
I got up and so did he, and we headed to the locker room to shower.
“It’s not like she’d ever find out, you know. I’d never tell her.”
I hadn’t realized I hated Alex until that very moment. Still, I had to work with the motherfucker.
“Nah, I’m good. Have fun.”
I showered, then bumped into him again in the change room. He’d dressed in jeans and a crisp new T-shirt, and was slapping on enough cologne that it should give his prey adequate warning of his approach.
“Tarryn really does keep your balls in her purse, huh?” He laughed, putting product in his hair and styling it until he liked the result. “Poor bastard. How about I’ll fuck a bitch on your behalf tonight.”
I grabbed my duffle bag and headed for the door, not bothering to dignify that statement with an answer. He grabbed his bag too and followed me out.
In the parking lot, he trailed behind me to my SUV.
“Fuck off, Alex.”
“You think you’re too good to hang out with me, or something?”
“Look, it’s not like that. I’m just not interested in going out to a bar to pick up women. I’ve been with Tarryn since we were kids. Even if I wasn’t completely faithful to her, which I am, random hook-ups sound like hell to me.”
Alex leaned against my car, unfortunately looking like he was getting comfortable. I wanted to go home.
“So, you’ve never been with another woman? Likenevernever?” he grimaced.
“No.” It wasn’t something I was ashamed of, but I knew a lot of guys found the idea fucked up.
“Wow. That’s gotta suck.”
“I love her, so it definitely doesn’t suck.”
“Well, if you ever change your mind, let me know. I’ll take you out and show you how it’s done.” He pushed off my SUV and headed to his car, which was parked a few down.
I unlocked my vehicle and threw my bag in the back seat, before opening the driver’s door.
“Fuck!” Alex shouted from several cars away.
“What?”
“Someone slashed all four of my fucking tires!”
