“Did I scare you?” He asked, his voice low. But she could not form a word in response to him, instead she watched him for a long time before nodding yes. His eyes lost their luster and she suddenly wondered if she had said the wrong thing, but the way he had looked affronted that she would think he would go settle a fracas between a guest and his manager seemed to scare her. She did not want to willingly shack up with a man who thought she was stressing him.
“I’m sorry. I really did not mean to. I run the hotel and several businesses, I pay the managers too much for them to call me every minute to respond to questions. Don’t ever be scared of me, I’ll never be that man,” He raised his right hand to the heavens, “I swear by the goddess, I’ll never ever be that man, I’ll never hurt you int
