Your best friend's girlfriend had entranced you with her beauty, and you reluctantly acquiesced to her affair request.

Guilt gnawed at you for your brother, but a sense of vindication surged as you recalled his past teasing about your shyness and perpetual singledom.

"So, are you going to bail on me?"

Stella, your best friend's girlfriend, inquired as you mentioned your plan for a guys' night out with her boyfriend today.