"Trickle Down Theory: a MMMM Why Choose Romance"

I used to think I was going to win the world. That I was smart, skilled, unstoppable. One bad decision and one betrayal later, and I’m nothing. Begging for a handout from a man I barely know, who I met on the worst night of my life, who thinks of me as his enemy, because I’m everything he’s trying not to be. Arrogant. Money-hungry. Completely in denial about my sexuality. A tormented, closeted, con man with no friends, no loving family, no future. So why is Carter helping me? Why does he give a damn? Why are his two best friends the same, so generous, so full of care? So fascinated with me, like I’m a pet they want to own. What kind of man does it make me if I want the same?