"You know what else Melanie told me?"
"She said that I should catch you on the rebound, after you are teased silly by all the other women here."
You smile at this and say it sounds like a good plan.
"You might not think so if you heard the whole of her plan. She said that I should comfort you but also not let you have any satisfaction."
How would that work?
"She said that if I comfort you, but also keep you all worked up and tease you constantly, then I can win out over all the other women here, who will just tease you and then drop you."