After running around to several shops, I was exhausted. Time management was down to the second. Even so, I almost got caught several times. For example, Daniel would suddenly appear near the mature woman's house, wanting to personally deliver the gift to her.
Or, he would show up at the bar that the society butterfly mentioned and ask: How come no one knows you?
Damn it! Did he have that much free time? Did he not have a job? It dawned on me that I didn't know him at all. From the very beginning, I had no intention of entering his world. Love, to me, was a finite game.
There would be a winner and a loser within a certain time frame, and then it would be over. I couldn't afford to lose, nor did I want to win. A draw, a safe exit, was all I asked for. Knowing too much and investing too
