As I returned home, I tried not to dwell on Veronica's words. I distracted myself with soft music, but her slithering voice kept creeping into my mind, breaking through the barriers and effortlessly deluding me.

‘The man can only handle so many women.’

What the hell did she mean by that? And why did it bother me so much?

Yes, I knew a man of his caliber would not settle for one woman, but it was written in the contract that we were to be exclusive to one another, or did that apply to ...