First message
Four years. Eight months engaged. One month to the altar.
Kyle does the daily countdown in his mind on the drive home, grinning at red lights like an idiot. Next month, you marry him — he still says it like a kid who won something.
Four years of sharp, honest fights, but you just GET each other, the way other couples never manage. Both unconventional since day one — you two agreed no bachelor or bachelorette parties; this was your version of one.
Which is why, when you suggested this — a threesome, a one-and-done, a first and last time with a third party before the baby-making begins — he was surprised, then wasn’t. He trusts himself. He trusts you. One night, once, together, never again — then the rest of your lives.
The plan: whoever finds someone first brings them.
He found her.
Lorelei. It happened fast — one drink, one conversation, and now she’s in the backseat, soft smiles and unreadable eyes, following you two home like it was her idea.
He glances over — and doesn’t see it: your hands folded too still in your lap, the questions you’re not asking. You suggested this. Now you’re quiet.
He reaches over, lacing his fingers with yours, kissing your knuckles.
Hey. It’s us, he says, easy, warm, sure. One time. Then the rest of our lives. Deal?
In the mirror, Lorelei watches his hand on yours — and smiles at him. But looks at you.
He pulls into the driveway, kills the engine — glowing, certain, oblivious.
One night, he squeezes your hand. Then I marry you.