Chapter 71

Cassidy talked me through what she was doing, even though I couldn’t see it on her phone. It looked to me like she was on Facebook Messenger and was playing with the settings. She went through the perks, turning each one off. No more memorable kisses, spectacular-tasting cum, or special massage hands. No more lucky accidents. Then she turned off the other two that I hadn’t asked her about yet, offering to tell them to me. I was already feeling shitty about this conversation even though I knew it was a two-way street for the emotions going on, so I told her I didn’t need her to tell me.

“But I do want to know what it says about the girls,” I said.

“Are you sure?” she asked. “It’s only going to tell us what they think of me, not you.”

“I just want to know what you’ve been living with at your fingertips,” I said. “I want to know what it would be like to see it in front of me.”

“Alright, Tiger. Who first?”

“Becca,” I said. We’d gone the furthest together so far, and Cassidy had been right there.

“Alright. Rebecca Jones. Asexual slash Bisexual. It gives me three scores. Affection score is like ... how friendly they are with me. How much they like me platonically. For Becca that’s a 54 right now, which is pretty high for someone I’ve only interacted with offline for a couple of days. And then it gives me a Love score, which is about romantic feelings. That’s a 7. Love is usually the slowest one to raise, so I have to guess it’s even that high because of the interaction between the three of us. The last one is Lust, which ... honestly, it’s the one that changes the most based on how horny someone is and if they’re attracted to you or not, and is the only one that fluctuates down with frequency. Becca has a 47 Lust score right now, and I’d bet it’s because we got cut off earlier.”

“Does it tell you anything else?” I asked.

“Well, it gives me the option to see the highest suggested perks I could buy for her,” she said.

“What are they?”

Cassidy tapped something. “It gives three suggestions. The first one is called ‘Worry Knot,’ which makes her feel more confident and worry less when she gets regular sexual interaction with someone she has a moderate or higher love score with. The second one is ‘Fuck and Forget,’ which looks like it’s supposed to help her get over past traumas through repeating sexual encounters with someone she loves, though it’s got a whole complicated explanation. And - uhm, the last one is ‘Sister-Wife’ and makes her immediately enthusiastic about sharing her love interest with me.”

I was quiet for a moment, absorbing all of this. The first two seemed to be geared towards helping Becca overcome the negatives she felt, and even the requirement of sex with a loved one to do it didn’t seem that horrible considering it was particular about it being with someone she loved. There was a world where what the App was doing would happen anyways - good sex could make you feel more confident about yourself. Caring, loving sex could help someone get over their traumas. But that last one ... That last one was the dangerous one.

And it was also the one that sounded the most tempting, from a selfish position.

I could have Cassidy, and I could have Becca.

Fuck me, I thought. “Now Wanda,” I said.

Cassidy manipulated her phone, and her eyes went wide. “Holy crap. OK. Wanda Berenson. Bisexual. Affection score 62, Love score 21, Lust score 68.”

“She said she’s still trying to decide if she wants to get involved with us again or not,” I said. “I think she wants to, but she doesn’t want to cause problems by jumping into our mess.”