I sat there for a moment and wondered whether it was a form of betrayal not sharing my secrets with Paula. Ever since we were kids, we had shared plenty of secrets between us. What harm could one more do? Was s*x with Karen more serious than s*x with your cousin? There was a lot of stuff in my head and I needed some time to process. My emotions were quite confused. There was joy and there was a kind of sadness mixed with an undeniable sense of frustration. Luckily, there was no regret for anything that had happened this day. What bothered me was that I could not brag to anyone about not being a virgin any longer. Both of my s****l encounters were in the realm of illicit affairs and absolutely nobody was allowed to find out about them. Which meant that the next time I met Claudio he would

