Chapter 192. Would She?

Unbidden, Marissa’s image showed in his mind, and her statement, which he had been trying so hard to erase from his memory, surfaced again, coupled with the serious expression in her eyes when she uttered it.

Morris’s pained statement that his wife had left him after what she termed goodbye sex had brought to mind Marissa’s statement as well.

“Is this truly how women think?” Bernard thought in exasperation.

“Who can truly understand a woman?” his subconscious said. “At least he got goodbye sex; you might not even be offered that at all because of your ridiculous bet.”

“She wouldn't leave, would she?” Bernard thought as he stood up in agitation, pacing from one side of his office to the other.

“What do you think?” His subconscious whispered sinisterly, “They met in kindergarten, dude, and he just called you about their breakup. What about you? Can you compare your bond to theirs? Oh, you don't even have a bond to compare.”

Bernard scraped his