I repeated it like a mantra. What did he owe me? With all the money he had put into my account, someone more sensible would have considered this story finished and would have gone back home to forget everything that had happened, but he wasn’t like that, I realized. And I couldn’t help thinking about the consequences this would have, in the long term. He had done everything possible to make it clear that his father had not liked the idea of him marrying an ordinary woman. How did he expect me to remain so calm?
It wasn’t that simple.
“Let it go! I know, it’s just that…” I lied, and hugged myself under my coat with a sigh of indecision. “I suppose I’m still afraid.”
“You have no reason to be afraid. Just try to return to your normal life. I guarantee right here that nothing bad is going
