CHAPTER 16 TAMIKA's POV

“Well…” I muttered, still searching for the best explanations that wouldn’t spill the beans about the contract marriage. I had to admit that she had me in a tight corner all by myself. “The thing is…”

“Were you dating them both at the same time?” Kayla’s probing question gave me an idea and a way out of my hole. “Don’t tell me that you were just playing around with…”

“The thing is that…” I decided to step in just before her inference would go further than I wanted it to. “I was at a point in my life where I was in between two very promising options of who I was going to take it further with.”

Kayla listened attentively, and that was a good sign. Her body language showed a willingness to listen, and not a judgemental look, ready to nab me at any given loophole in my words. That gave me the courage to get those words out.

“Randy showed more passion at first, and that made Dolph resign to the position of patiently waiting to see if I would have a change of heart somehow,” I hoped Dolph