It had been about a month since Andrew’s first appearance in Joe and Rose’s relationship, and things had gone in a strange direction. Andrew had begun coming over most nights, and Joe had noticed the Rose and Andrew’s relationship had slowly gotten more and more intimate than he had initially expected. While Rose had started out loving, assuring him that this would only strengthen their relationship, she was now cold and distant. Whenever Andrew would come around she seemed to ignore him almost completely, and even when they were alone together she was beginning to look at him with exhaustion and disgust in her eyes.
Joe was starting to wonder how comfortable he was being so excluded from the relationship between his girlfriend and this alpha man, but one night that feeling shifted in a new and confusing way.
Rose and Andrew sat cuddled up on the sofa together, her legs curled up across the empty spot on the couch and her head resting on her lover’s broad, muscular chest. Andrew’s bulky arm was wrapped around her shoulders, his fingers playfully caressing her neck and clavicle. They had put on a romantic movie and were lovingly snuggling together as Joe sat alone in the cuck chair and watched.