Chapter 1: The Condition

The night I caught my ex tangled up with someone else, something inside me snapped. After that, only virgins could make my heart pound—and yeah, I know how that sounds. Even to me, it’s messed up. But after what happened, purity was the only thing I could trust.

So I wandered through the world of romance, always searching for someone untouched, someone whose innocence felt real. It became my compass, the only way I could feel anything at all.

But now, I’ve hit a wall.

My new girlfriend ticks every box—kind, smart, beautiful, untouched. But she’s got this old-school streak that makes everything harder than I ever expected.

I tried everything I could think of, until one day, it hit me—her deadbeat, gambling father might be the key to everything I wanted.