“Just what?” I ask. “If he forced you, then we need to talk to-”
“I wanted to do it,” she says. “I came onto him.”
“Did he tell you he wouldn’t give you the promotion if you didn’t? Because that’s still-”
“I came onto him,” she repeats.
“Why?”
“I don’t know.”
“Yeah, that’s not nearly good enough,” I tell her.
“I guess I was just so grateful for getting that promotion — you know how I’ve always been overlooked in the past and everything. I guess I just-”
I interrupt, saying, “You’re doing a lot of guessing for someone who initiated the whole thing.”
“That’s not fair,” she says.
“In what way is that not fair?” I ask. “I’m just parroting back what you’ve already told me.”
“Look, the fact is that it happened and you saw the video. I wish that hadn’t happened, but we are where we are,” she says. “It is what it is.”
“What does that even mean?” I ask. “Are you sorry that you screwed your boss or are you sorry that you got caught?”
“I’m sorry that I-” She stops short. “I’m just sorry.”
“So, this is something that’s probably going to happen again, isn’t it?” I ask.
“No,” she says. “I realized something today. I realized that whatever short-lived fantasy I was cooking up in my head, you’re the one I want to be with. I don’t want to be with him and I wish I hadn’t made that stupid mistake in the first place.”
“How stupid do you think I am?” I ask.
“I don’t think you’re stupid,” she says. “I think you’re mad, and I don’t blame you.”
“You’re right,” I tell her, “I am mad.”
“And, you have every right to be,” she says. “Look, I made a stupid, terrible mistake and I wish I could take it back, but I can’t.”
“Where were you today?” I ask.
“What do you mean?”
“You weren’t here when I got up,” I tell her. “You weren’t here when you called me. Where did you go? I know you didn’t have work today.”
“I had to run into the office,” she says.
“And it took you five hours to do it?” I scoff.
“I had to get my office packed up.”
“Sounds like this worked out pretty well for you,” I snap.
“It’s just sex!” she shouts. “Why are you so fucking uptight about it?”
“We made a commitment,” I tell her.
“You’re the one that’s been going out with other women almost every night,” she says.