But intensity cuts both ways.
Marcus’s confidence sometimes bordered on arrogance, and his ambition could make him selfish and demanding.
He expected to be the center of attention in every relationship, including ours.
The physical aspect of our relationship had been consuming in a way that was both thrilling and exhausting.
Marcus was passionate and demanding, someone who approached intimacy the same way he approached everything else, with total confidence in his abilities and expectations that bordered on entitlement.
He was also unfaithful, though I didn’t discover that until near the end.
Marcus had a way of compartmentalizing his life, keeping different parts of himself separate from each other.
While he was planning our future together, he was also maintaining relationships with other women.
When I finally confronted him about the cheating, Marcus didn’t deny it, but he also didn’t apologize.
Instead, he explained that I was being possessive and unrealistic, that successful men like him couldn’t be expected to limit themselves to one person.
