M A L L O R Y To my surprise, even though we tried to appear to be professionals at work to give the impression that nothing was going on between us within the publishing house to which Alistair respected my decision about it, he and I had started dating more frequently after we had dinner together at my apartment. He was more thoughtful, compassionate, and caring than I thought was possible and actually anticipated. This was exactly more than what I had expected. He did not force me to have a lot of s*x, and when we did, we made sure to use condoms. We also spent more time together, hanging out and eating meals at all hours of the day. He was also willing to hang out with me and my best friends Max and Gia for a drink or two. To be straightforward, we did pretty much anything we felt li

