Complex Relationships in Open Marriages

Hey, can I just give us a minute?

Yeah, we're both very, very close.

You guys hungry?

You in love with her?

I think you're jumping to conclusions here.

I saw the way that you looked at her.

You two were holding each other and...

I can't remember the last time you looked at me like that.

Before, if you were in love with her.

I know, I know.

You lied to me.

I don't know, my life is so hard!

And Jade is the only thing in my life that is easy.

Eli had never imagined that a third party would ever enter his marriage

and that his wife would actually fall in love with her.

You've been insecure lately because of your career.

Are you in love with her?

Look, I'll admit.

She's more than just another hookup.

Taylor and Eli had an open marriage,

but they both promised not to fall in love with anyone else.

That all changed when Taylor met Jade.

Taylor even wanted Jade to move in with them.

Eli.

Rule number one.

We don't bring our hookups into the house.

But I'm worried about her.

When Eli saw how beautiful Jade was, he agreed to the plan.

At one point, while Taylor and Jade were swimming,

Eli deliberately showed up naked by the pool.

Taylor immediately saw right through him.

Like, I don't know if she's that adventurous.

She fucked you in a fitting room!

It would be weird for us.

We've already got an open marriage.

Why can't it be open to Jade?

As Taylor and Eli talked it over,

Jade surprised them both by saying yes.

Eli finally got to check off that item on his sexual fantasy list.

He actually had a threesome with Taylor and Jade.

At first, he was completely swept up in the thrill of it.

He felt like the luckiest man in the world.

But that happy bubble didn't last long.

He accidentally caught the way Taylor looked at Jade,

and something about that gaze sent a chill down his spine.

Eli suddenly realized that Taylor and Jade

shared an intimacy he could never be part of.

He started to feel like an outsider.

Look, I'll admit, she's more than just another hookup.

And I should have told you about her a long time ago.

But my love story is with you.

Later, Jade suggested they go dancing at a nightclub.

And there, they ran into two of Jade's exes.

They casually invited Jade to come with them to Venice, and Jade actually said yes.

Taylor's face fell almost instantly.

Her usual calm, lawyer-like composure was completely replaced by raw jealousy.

You seem angry.

I'm not angry.

Unless you're going to Venice with those low-rent Kardashians.

Hey, Taylor, be nice.

That night, when they got home, Taylor finally let her guard down.

She confessed to Eli that Jade made her life so much easier.

She talked about the weight of the mortgage, the pressure from work.

Only when Jade was around, she said, did everything feel simple and joyful.