Halueth just shook his head.
After cleaning up, the two returned to another room, and Ethlando poured him a glass of water, which Halueth drank down in one gulp. When he handed the cup to the man, he suddenly blurted out, "Ethlando, how many bed partners have I been for you?"
Ethlando was momentarily stunned by the sudden curiosity about his past from Halueth. After all, during the time they had been together, he had never asked about it.
However, without much thought, Ethlando corrected him first, "Halueth, I've never considered you a bed partner."
If he were just a bed partner, how could he let him command in bed every time, and how could he treat him with such tenderness and care, without boundaries, and pursue him so relentlessly?