Status Updates From My Boyfriend's Wife

Another storyline popped with no warning in chp 2. I really hope there is a tie-in.

What in the entire hell is going on? Im confused with all Malcom's women. Merci, Ananda, and Heather. Who is Heather? Why is Ananda even entertaining Malcom when Merci shows up everywhere? I'm confusion

There are so many characters to keep up with. I hope the stories start to come together. Otherwise, it's like it could have been two separate books.