Marrying Her Older Billionaire

They went to grab some coffee after a few hours of shopping. “I can’t believe how much we managed to get done today!” said Angie. “I mean, we managed to get pretty much everything that I needed, after just a single day of shopping too! You’re a really efficient shopper, you know that?”

Richard laughed and said, “That’s a compliment that I have never received before. I can’t say that I dislike it, though. It’s a very nice thing to hear about yourself.”

“It’s true,” said Angie. “I like that you don’t get uncomfortable when someone gives you a compliment, though. It’s kind of… manly. I always get annoyed when I compliment someone and they get awkward or self conscious. I mean, I just paid you a compliment, you should feel better about yourself! I don’t get why people feel more self conscious in such situations, I honestly don’t understand this at all.”

“Well perhaps they just don’t know how to respond,” said Richard. “A lot of people don’t really know how to act without seeming arrogant, and when you’ve complimented them if they seem too eager to accept the compliment they might just end up seeming too arrogant.”

“That makes sense,” said Angie.

“So how was your love life in Kenya?” asked Richard.

Angie was taken by surprise by this question. She had not expected Richard to be so forward about something that was so… intimate. She had not been expecting him to be so blunt. She did not know how to respond for a bit because she felt a little self conscious. How should she tell him about the fact that she had dated? It was different from the reluctance she had felt while telling her father about the lovers she had had in Kenya. It was not the sort of reluctance you felt while telling a father figure about the fact that you had been sexually active. No, this was the level of reluctance that you felt while you were telling someone that you might be attracted to that you had been sexually active with other people. You didn’t want them to get the wrong idea. You didn’t want them to think that you still held a candle for these people that you no longer even knew. You didn’t want them to feel like they did not matter, and that these previous flames might end up getting in the way of anything that the two of them might share as far as feelings were concerned.

“I had a few boyfriends,” said Angie. “I mean… It was a little difficult to date while I was in Kenya because I didn’t live in Nairobi or any of the other major cities. I lived in a more secluded environment, I lived in a village, and in the village there were no men that I was attracted to, and going to the city was not something that I could do on a regular basis.”

“I understand,” said Richard. “You should’ve dated more, I think. You should’ve taken the time out to go to Nairobi and just… lived. It’s okay that you didn’t, what’s passed is past. You don’t need to regret anything you’ve done. So, I’m guessing that your sudden exit from Kenya means that you didn’t have anyone serious in your life? You didn’t have anyone that would not want you to go, that would want you to stay with them?”

“Yeah,” said Angie. “That’s pretty much what it means. I feel like… I don’t know. I feel like having a partner is not all that essential to happiness, you know what I mean? I feel like it’s given way too much importance. I feel like it’s treated like something that absolutely everyone needs to do when this is not the case at all. If one finds a life partner then that’s great but if you don’t find one then that’s fine too. There is nothing wrong with not having someone to spend your life with, indeed not wanting one is fine too.”

“I agree completely,” said Richard. “This is pretty much the reason why I have not tried to get a serious relationship for a long, long time. It just seems so… distracting, you know? It seems like it would take away from the things that I need to be doing. If I ever… find someone… then that would be great, but I’m not going to actively go out and look for someone.”

Angie was surprised at how much their views on something as deep and intimate as love matched. They talked some more and then Richard dropped her home. She was rather sad that she wouldn’t be able to spend more time with him. She had really enjoyed being there with him. She had really enjoyed talking to him, eating with him, shopping with him. She had never enjoyed her time so much with anyone else, she was surprised that she loved this so much.

She began to realize that she was a lot more into him that she had thought she had been. She was so attracted to him that she might not be able to think of anything else for a while after seeing him.

She decided that she couldn’t feel this way. She would have to put a stop to it. She would have to ignore the way she felt, because if she allowed herself to feel the way that she was feeling she might end up causing serious problems.

Her father had just chosen to retire. He had just chosen to spend as much time as he could with his daughter so that she wouldn’t be alone. How would he feel if he found out that his daughter was forsaking time that she could spend with him to go off with his best friend and business partner? She had a feeling that Richard was attracted to her as well. She had a feeling that this only made the situation all the more dangerous.