Chapter 53

• I couldn’t take the silence anymore, so I cleared my throat and swallowed, feeling nervous all of a sudden. I had no reason to feel nervous, I was a good catch, and this was a good proposition, one that worked for both of us.
• “I’ve been thinking about it. Just hear me out. You’re scared of men, and I can’t be intimate. Together, we can make it work, nothing has to change really. You can still stay in your room just like we are now, except that you don’t have to work, you can take care of Jared and the house. I can adopt Jared legally, which is what he wants, hell, it’s what I want as well,” I said to her.
• “Why can’t you be intimate?” She asked me.