Chapter 51 Tastes

• For years, I had been longing to hear something like this. It wasn't a declaration, but it was an offer, a proposal of intentions. He had expressed his desires and told me exactly what he wanted: an opportunity. It was nothing more than a circumstance, a moment, a chance to achieve something. That something was to see what was between us. Perhaps it was because of all my bad experiences and fears... but I still had doubts.
• "Adelaida, I'm not... I'm not asking you to solve everything overnight. I am a man who has worked, fought, and strived for everything he has wanted. You... you once said that I was someone who had been successful and had what he wanted. That's true, not everything... but almost. And if there's one thing I've learned in my life since I was a child, it's that good things have to be earned..." he said.
• "So, even if you say yes, right now, I'm not expecting to magically get what I want, or for a problem that has lasted for years to be solved. No... definitely, it won't be solved overnight. Because I know that what I'm asking of you requires taking a leap of faith... It requires you to trust me... And that's something I have to earn. You have been through so much... through a horror that I can only imagine, and I know you're not ready to take that leap," he said sincerely and with such certainty that it struck me.