Chapter 53. 365 Days

Brendon stared at her dumbfounded. It was his turn to feel his cheeks burning, but for some reason he knew she wouldn't like it, but it would be worse if he lied.

"You were the first woman I ever lay down with and made love to, if that's what you want to know."

"Are you gay?" Samira asked naturally, just trying to understand the reasons he had for not lying with a woman, in a society that preached that this was the attitude expected of all men.

"Last night and this morning weren't enough for you to know that answer?"

"But... So why hasn't a man like you been with any woman yet?" Samira felt obliged to ask the question more directly.

Brendon then realized that he had misspoken.

"Samira... Until last night, I was a virgin."

Samira stared at him with difficulty.

"You... Why?"

"Because I've always dreamed and wanted my first time to be with some