Bella reveals to a devastated Duncan that she has engaged in sex work as both a financial necessity and a personal experiment. Duncan spirals into a misogynistic meltdown while Bella remains logically detached, ultimately deciding their relationship is over and revealing she had emergency funds hidden all along.
DUNCAN: You stole it?!
BELLA: You have always said you are the best bedman in the world, and I have never known another so knew not whether this was true. But now I do! And he was terrible and made an ungodly noise as he thrust himself into me, and a mere three thrusts Duncan Wedderburn was all he c
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