[I just spotted a question that I couldn’t just ignore. Since it caught my attention, I might as well talk more deeply about it. At the same time, I want you to know that this will be my last question to answer. We will talk more in the future,] that familiar voice rang in his ears, making his heart beat wildly.
"Lon, do you want to add crabs to the list?" a female voice asked, disrupting him from watching the broadcast.
He turned his head briefly to look at the other and nodded, "Um, add them to the list. Make sure all ingredients are fresh. I don’t want to mess anything tomorrow, Mercy!"
Mercy smiled with a nod upon hearing that before vanishing into the kitchen, leaving him to his devices.
[The commenter asked about my thoughts on polyandry and I will share my two cents on the matter,] Diamond’s voice continued to ring in his ears and Waylon couldn’t help but grit his teeth, suppressing the desire trying to burst out of him.
He knew that it was very wrong for him to feel this way. He wasn’t supposed to feel like that when he had her. The girl he has been dating for three years, if he adds tomorrow, their anniversary.
Before he saw Diamond online, he had never thought that he would fall for someone else apart from his girlfriend. And yet all it took was one harsh word from her for him to fall under this dizzy spell. Although it wasn’t directed at him, Waylon nonetheless couldn’t help it.
He thought that as long as they never came across each other, the desire would be doused, but she was literally everywhere. At school, at home and online. He was seeing her everywhere. Even his girlfriend talked about her most of the time.
With such a situation, how could he forget about his feelings for him?
At first, he thought that it was pure curiosity as well as the kind of infatuation every man has for beautiful women. But then, he met her in person during her birthday banquet. Although he wasn’t close, seeing her so close and in another man’s arms made his blood boil. That was a first for him.
He brushed aside those feelings once again, but then ended up seeing her at the race at the ZOOM club. She was sitting so close and he could smell that wonderful scent from her. Seeing her being so cozy with Wyatt and talking about relationships made him feel complicated.
He knew at that moment that there was no way back. Unfortunately, he could only suppress those feelings and hide them forever. When he learnt that Ruby, Diamond’s little sister, was in love with him. All he wanted to do was run away. He couldn’t bear having her.
It wasn’t just about his girlfriend, but Diamond as well. He wasn’t the kind of man who would settle for the other just to be closer to the one he wanted.
If he couldn’t have Diamond, that was it. He would continue supporting her the same way he had been all the time.
On today’s broadcast, everything was going well until she started talking about love.
’I like someone!’ those words never left his mind.
Hearing her acknowledging her feelings for some guy on the watch of millions of people. That was one bold move she made and also a statement which proved that she was dead serious.
He couldn’t help but wonder which man she was talking about. Was it Wyatt or Nolan? Or perhaps some guy she had never shown in her broadcasts?
Just who was she?
And then, this topic started. He never thought in a million years he would hear something so unexpected from Diamond. It made his heart flatter and waver for a moment.
[Just like polygamy, polyandry is when a woman has more than one male partner. This is not a strange case, to be honest. There were several cases throughout the world where women would marry brothers or many men for different reasons.
In cases where land was scarce, and women were few. Brothers would marry the same woman. By doing so, the land would be saved. All children borne by the woman automatically belong to all the men without any discrimination of who the true father is.
Just like polygamy, when a woman is polyandrous, all male partners know each other. It’s different from when a woman has an official boyfriend or husband and then cheats with other men.
However, it’s rare when compared to other mating systems such as monogamy and polygamy itself, even when things have changed with times.
Previously, there was only the heterosexual love we all knew, but now there are all kinds of sexual orientations despite being legalized and accepted. Others are still having difficulties accepting them.
For example, we have homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality and asexuality. In some parts of the world, our queer friends are being recognized. Something that I honestly don’t argue about.
When a man is powerful, having a lot of lovers isn’t a big deal. After all, he could afford it. If men could do so, then what about Diamond who was very powerful and driving the elders crazy? f.r(e)e\webn.ovel.co\m
’What if it’s like that? I can’t abandon the girl I love so much just because of my wavering feelings. Moreover, it’s high time for me to reveal my identity. She will be very happy, right?’ a helpless smile blossomed on his face as he thought about that.
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