Lipstick stains are the hardest to remove

Gavin’s POV

Did you know that lipstick stains are one of the hardest stains to remove?

I didn’t know until it happened to me.

That b**ch! I cursed under my breath.

Franklyn and I had been going to the bar after work every evening. You could say we were both nursing our heartbreaks.

On one of those evenings, he suggested that we…

That was a lie. It was my idea to get laid at the club.

“I… I need to know,” Jessie whispered, her voice barely audible. “Who was she?”

“It was nothing, Jess. I didn’t… I couldn’t go through with it.”

Without a word, Jess sat upright, looking for her clothes on the bed.

“Don’t leave yet,” I said softly, “Hear me out, I didn’t do it, Jess.”

“But you tried!” Jess retorted, hurt evident in her voice.

“Because I thought I could forget you…”

“That doesn’t flatter me Gavin.”

“It wasn’t flattering to be told that I was nothing but sex,”

“I didn’t mean it!” Jess retorted, her voice rising. “Couples fight, and they say things they don’t mean. They say meaner t