Chapter 34 Keep Twitching

• In any case, regardless of whether it was normal or not, the end result was the same. That was why Ethan didn’t do relationships: he didn’t want to reduce any woman to a depressed mess or maybe show the side of his father he had caged within him—the side his mother had to endure. After his previous attempt at a relationship ages ago, he had no delusions. He didn’t trust himself to be a better partner than Noah was.
• But unlike his father, Ethan was compassionate, respectful, and never laid his hand on any woman. Plus, he didn’t like having sex with women he didn’t know. Although he always used condoms, he still liked the certainty that he wasn’t in danger of catching STDs.
• This presented a problem, given his avoidance of relationships and refusal to pay for sex. The “booty calls,” as his insolent PA called them, were a necessity: they were women he’d known for a while who wanted the same thing he did—frequent sex with a skilled partner and nothing more. It was honest and mutually beneficial. It was a good way to deal with his libido without it ever becoming a serious problem. It was a good solution. Or rather, it had been. He didn’t want to call one of those women now.