I straightened my shoulders. “I am not stubborn! I simply don’t like being used because of who I am, and I would never dream of doing the same to you. And as for help, of course I accept help! I’m letting you help me by marrying me, and I don’t see how I could do any more than that.”
“You won’t even use my phone because you think it leaves you beholden to me, for Christ’s sake,” he almost yelled. “Thyra, I understand that you don’t want to live like a parasite, but if we are to stand any chance of having a relationship that doesn’t crash and burn immediately, you’re going to have to accept a few things about me. One of which is how I treat my lovers. It gives me pleasure to give them things like jewelry or clothing or little trinkets and things like that. And before you say what I know yo
