My Boyfriend's Boyfriends by Primula Bond

Author:Primula Bond [Various]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2012-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

A Taste for Cheating

Heather Towne

Jennifer wrung her hands together and looked up at her friend. ‘I don’t know, Lisa. I don’t know when Brent and I are going to get married. He keeps putting it off.’ Her big blue eyes welled with tears, her plush lower lip trembling. ‘I’m – I’m worried we’re never going to tie the knot! That – that he’s just been stringing me along all these years!’

Lisa reached out, grasped her friend’s shaking hands and squeezed them. She smiled sympathetically. ‘Well, maybe it’s time you took some action of your own. To spur Brent on. Make him appreciate what he’s got – and what he could lose.’

The two women were sitting on the tan leather couch in Lisa’s living room. They’d got together for a friendly cup of coffee and catch-up, but the subject had quickly turned to Jennifer’s love life on hold.

Jennifer was in her late twenties, a short, curvy woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, a cute, chubby-cheeked face and light-brown skin. She was normally shy and quiet, except in the company of close friends. Lisa was in her mid-thirties, tall and lean, with violet eyes and long, straight black hair, a thin face and creamy-white skin. She possessed an open and enthusiastic personality. The pair had met at work and struck up a friendship. Jennifer looked up to the older woman for advice and motivation.

Now she gazed into Lisa’s eyes, a worried expression on her face. ‘What do you mean? Like, give him an ultimatum or something?’

Lisa shook her head. ‘No, that won’t work. Not with a man like Brent. That’ll just make him dig in his heels even more.’ She licked her glossy lips, patted Jennifer’s hands. ‘No, what you need to do is play the field. Make Brent see that other men appreciate you, want you, so that he’ll realise what he has and what he could lose. Plus, you might as well sow your wild oats while you can, anyway. You’ve been with Brent exclusively for, what, six years now?’

‘Seven. What do you mean, play the field? Like, go out on dates with other men?’

Lisa winked. ‘Real dates. Short and sweet and sexy, with no regrets.’

Jennifer frowned. ‘What do you mean, real –’

‘One-night stands! You should have some one-night stands with other men, Jennifer! To teach Brent a lesson and tickle your fancy at the same time.’

‘Oh, I don’t know if I could do that! That sounds a little extreme, Lisa.’

‘Extremism in the quest for marriage is no vice.’

‘Huh?’

‘I think it’s just what your relationship with Brent needs,’ Lisa rephrased it. ‘He won’t put you off when you’re getting off with other men, don’t you see? And don’t think he hasn’t been sowing some oats of his own on the side, if I know anything about men – which I do.’

Jennifer blinked, bit her lip. ‘But – but what if he gets so upset that he dumps me?’

Lisa gripped the younger woman’s shoulders. ‘Trust in your power as a woman, Jennifer. And trust me.

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