“But how do you get him to do that without…?” Beth trailed off, her gaze dropped down. “Alex is granted certain liberties for doing a good job of putting me first and pleasing me.” “s*x?” Ashley said, rather loudly. “Not s*x, yet. I make boys wait a while for that. You have to. But he gets rewarded in a more…manual fashion, or I just allow him to do it himself.” “Allow? But he could do that anytime he wants when he’s alone,” Beth said. “No. I don’t permit that. Alex had to surrender doing that when we first started dating. That’s a rule with me. Boys quickly get defiant when allowed to gratify themselves.” “Doesn’t he behind your back? I mean, he must.” Kimberly shook her head vehemently, defending Alex. “That would be cheating. Alex is very honest. He did it one time, but he confes

