"I made sure that he was serious. I made him wait and I never took advantage of him," Marcus said, grumbling into his coffee. "That is something you should know. He says he loves me, and yes, I know it is dangerous." And he didn't know why he was telling her all of this.
"Look, I know Adrian will come back to you. I am doing this for him, really. Still, he could be doing worse, a lot of random shagging, and a few other things. I won't let anyone hurt him, including me." He scratched his chin thinking that this was probably the first time he had ever went to lengths to defend.
"Tracey, you are not above punishing me. Like it or hate it, I am telling you the truth mostly because I will tell him the truth. I'm even making an effort to get along."