Date: April 20, 2025
Author: Marcus Dean

This is one of those situations you read about and think, “Damn, glad that’s not me.” And now? Here I am.

There’s this woman—gorgeous, funny, confident. We clicked instantly. The kind of spark that feels electric and dangerous all at once. The only problem? She’s my colleague’s girlfriend.

At first, I thought it was just harmless flirting. A look here, a little laugh there. But then she started texting. Late-night messages. Suggestive comments. Invites to “hang out” when she knew her boyfriend (aka my coworker) wouldn’t be around. She even told me she has her own place if things “ever got too complicated.”

Part of me wants to shut it down. The other part? It’s tempted—really tempted. Because the chemistry is real, and let’s be honest, it feels good to be wanted like that.

But every time I think about crossing that line, I picture the fallout. The guilt. The broken trust. The tension at work. I keep telling myself I’m better than this… but it gets harder to believe that when she looks at me the way she does.

I haven’t done anything. Yet. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about it more than I should.