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EPILOGUE

T he Malores are in six months deep from their anniversary and still holds undying love for one another.

As if they would let anything or anyone come between them.

Naomi stuck by her husband and gave Tristan exactly what he asked for.

She was blessing him with a beautiful baby boy in less than three months.

Tristan couldn’t have been more ecstatic.

With his wife by his side, Tristan felt invincible. He started life with her at an early age and never felt an ounce of regret for it. The many nights they spent working to better themselves paid off ten times over. Naomi was the apple of his eye and vice versa.

As a wife, Naomi continued to pour her all into her marriage.

There wasn’t a time her husband called, and she didn’t come running.

She was supportive and still that space of peace for him.

Walking into another year with her husband was light work.

She knew everything it took to keep him on her heels begging for more of her loving.

Living in a blissful happiness sometimes caused outsiders to tarnish what you have.

Leave it to Simone to go against the NDA’s and seek out the man that turned her every which way but loose.

Tristan enjoyed his gift, yet she couldn’t accept the fact that he was simply celebrating in Malore fashion.

It was never going to be more than that.

Showing up to someone’s job is bold. However, for Tristan, Simone was willing to take the risk.

The contract stated no one was to seek anyone from the opposite party and she did just that.

Strutting in that man’s workplace with a purpose only to be shut down by his wife.

Naomi being there threw a wrench in her plan and embarrassment followed.

Mrs. Malore brushed a lot of shit off her shoulder but disrespecting her marriage would never fly.

Simone was put in her place twice over. Seeing Naomi still rocking Tristan’s ring and sporting a big belly to match was more painful than her split with Alex.

Her delusion led her down a path she couldn’t recover from.

While the Malores were happy and flourishing in their already stress-free life, the Dunkins had hit a rough patch.

Well, a divorce was a little more than that.

An open marriage was something that should’ve gave both parties unlimited passes to do whomever they pleased.

Alex played by the rules, but Simone took open to another level.

There was an unspoken rule in the swinger’s community and that was to never swing into a family member’s bed. Alex wasn’t the only married son from parents. He had a little brother named Austin and much like Alex and Simone, Austin and Jorja were open as well.

Simone had no respect for Alex after the Malores cut them off and blamed him for it several times.

She wanted more time with Tristan and felt as if Alex was the issue behind it.

She had no accountability. It hurt her to know there would be no more sexcapades.

Her revenge was sleeping with Austin and that in itself became a disaster.

Alex dropped her and that baby she was pregnant with like a bad habit.

She walked away with absolutely nothing to her name except the shit she brought into their marriage.

The rumors about their marriage had spread fast and one thing The Melting Pot didn’t tolerate was a muthafucka that didn’t follow the rules.

Both Simone and Alex were thrown out from the club due to violations, but Alex had the choice to return once his divorce was final.

After all, he was a house chef for the club.

Cutting the Dunkins off was a wise decision from the Malores.

The drama they brought was too much for them to handle.

They lived a relaxing lifestyle and the Dunkins were anything but that.

They did, however, keep in contact with the James’s.

Yasmine and Calico jumped back in their lives as the friends they’d grown to know and love through college.

Who knows maybe they have a story to tell next…

THE END