Chapter 10

• I couldn’t do this. I was setting myself up for something horrible and wrong and I wouldn’t allow myself to concoct these dreams and emotions of helping this man overcome his loneliness. For all I knew, he liked it that way. Maybe he had more time to himself. He was reclusive, right? That’s what every article said about him, and even if they were similar to tabloids, entertainment gossip, why would anyone lie about that?
• He liked being alone, and his wife liked to travel, so perhaps they were a match made in heaven. I had no right to judge their relationship, or them.
• “Would you pour me some sake?” Asher asked, snapping me back to reality.