"Well, there's no other way to say this, I came here to lose my virginity."

He sips on his wine and says nothing. He awaits the continuation of my story.

"I am. I mean, I was-", correcting myself, "I was in a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, Err, ex-boyfriend for more than seven years, and well-" I try to find the right words to say, "He, we, never even had sex at all. Not even once," I chuckle. On the other hand, Dmitri chokes in his own wine,

"What?", his eyes are bewildered from what he heard.

"Yep. I am here, aren't I?" I sarcastically retort his disbelief. I drink...