2. A scandal

Damon Valentino

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“You look like you need to get laid.”

Slowly but surely, I peeled my eyes away from the woman dancing on the pole, directing my gaze at my friend, Juan. He grinned when he saw me looking at him. “Why are you glaring at me like that? It has obviously been a while since you fucked a woman, hasn’t it?”

I kissed my teeth. He wasn’t wrong, but it was getting old finding a new woman to fuck every time. For some reason, relationships have never favored me and I was still a man with needs.

Juan continued speaking. “And school is going to resume in three weeks. You won’t have time to come out to the bar with me anymore because you’ll be busy.”

I rolled my eyes. “You are more busy than I am, I wonder how you even have time to drag me out to a gentleman’s club.”

Juan was a doctor and he was often busy so meeting him sometimes was a hassle, but he knew how to have fun when he had the time, especially if it had anything to do with women.

When he saw my eyes straying back to the blonde on a skimpy lingerie set, he said, “You know, they offer extra services if you need them.”

My tongue poked the inside of my cheek. I never fancied the idea of a sex worker. I didn’t like the idea of paying a woman to fuck her when both of us were going to enjoy the sex anyway. But then again, it was either that or getting myself off. I didn’t have the time to have various one-night stands but the idea didn’t seem so bad.

But did that mean I would have to pay a new woman every time I felt horny? Damn it, maybe being celibate was the answer.

“I know you don’t like the idea of a different woman every night, why don’t you just stay with one?”

My interest piqued, and I turned around to look at my friend. We were in the VIP section and each booth was far away from the other so we had enough privacy. The music was low so people could talk without yelling and the service was top-notch. “What do you mean?”

“There’s this app…”

“I am not going on a dating site. I am not that desperate.” Aside from that, my brothers were certain to make fun of me even if their relationship was not conventional.

“It’s not dating per se.” I arched an eyebrow and he sighed. “Well, it is like a dating site but it’s basically finding a fuck buddy.”

“What the fuck?”

He took a deep breath. “Something like an app for sugar babies.”

“I’m not going to fuck a minor, Juan.”

“Just shut up and let me speak.”

I raised my hands in surrender, allowing him to speak. “Anyway, there are no minors on the app. Strictly from nineteen and above. All you have to do is fund their expensive lifestyle and you get to have sex whenever you want.”

That didn’t sound morally upright, but it sounded tempting. That way, it would be like a committed casual relationship and we would both be benefiting from it.

“Besides, you can delete it once you find a woman of your choice.”

I stared at him, contemplating it. “You’re also single but–“

“I have the app.” He interrupted me. “And I have one already.”

“But you’re planning on taking one of these women home?”

“It’s open.”

I nodded, respecting his decision. If he wanted to see twelve women at once, I wouldn’t stop him as long as he wasn’t hurting any of them. People should be able to do whatever they want as long as others aren’t affected.

That said, I should not think of what others would think of me as long as I am satisfied.

“You don’t look like you hate the idea.” He commented when he saw the look on my face.

“I don’t despise it.” I agreed. That would mean Juan didn’t have an excuse to drag me out to these kinds of places because he didn’t want me to be alone. I had been single for a long while and he thought the best place to find a new woman would be a club.

Juan and I were very close. If I were to use childish terms, I’d consider him my best friend. At some point, my family believed I was gay and in a relationship with him. My mother still believes that and my siblings use it to tease me every time, not caring that I was the oldest.

There were four of us in total; three boys and a girl with the girl being the last born so she was always spoilt. All three of us were way older than her and for most of her life, she had to live in our big house alone with our parents.

My brothers took over my father’s company because I refused to and decided to become a lecturer instead. There were times when I regretted that decision but whenever my passion was reignited, I would feel like teaching until the day I couldn’t walk on my feet anymore.

“So are you going to do it?”

I sighed. “I’ll think about it.”

“I’ll remind you.” He promised me and I knew he was going to make do with it.

Juan was from Spain but he lived in New York all his life, which meant he didn’t have an idea about what his people were like. Surprisingly, he was okay with it. His parents died when he was young and after being transferred from one home to the other, he got a scholarship and decided to pursue medicine. We met when we were sixteen and have been friends for over fifteen years now.

We had been through a lot together and experienced a lot. We had tried a lot of new things because not one of us was judgy. There were times we even shared a woman, with her consent of course, and it didn’t cause any awkwardness between us.

But while he was this close to me, I wouldn’t put it past him to do anything that would embarrass me which was why I was still wary about the app. It could be a setup.

I was going to check it thoroughly first before putting any of my information on it. After all, I couldn’t be too careful.

School was starting very soon and I didn’t need anything that would cause a scandal and soil my name.