"Wait," I said. "I have to tell you something..." I confessed to Claire what I had done and why I had done it. She was very pissed off at my deception, to be sure. I apologized over and over. The good news is she was nicely buzzed and still very turned on from our foreplay. I could also tell she was intrigued by the guy that survived my selection process. I pleaded with her to just meet him. If she didn't like him, no big deal. After several minutes of empty promises and pathetic begging, Claire agreed. We were off to the hotel bar.

As planned, Claire entered first. She...