When Maria entered Echo's condo, she couldn't help but cried. Her mother's angry face kept flashing in her mind. Her mother's last words to her were so hard to swallow. She was so hurt.
Echo got worried when he saw Maria's loneliness. He can feel her pain and agony. She had been protected and under her parent's care all through her life. Being her first man, made Echo being possessive of her. He wanted to take good care of and protect Maria in his possession. He doesn't want anybody to steal her away from him even her parents. He knew that there would be many adjustments for the two of them.
Echo had been independent ever since he was 18 years old. He used to live alone and make a living while Maria was too dependent on her parents. She was so fragile from Echo's eyes.
"Maria come here,
