“ ……. okay.” she nods, glance drifting off towards the floor. she wants to believe him. believe that all if it was something more than a show. that he was doing something other than simply biding his time. because if it was all an act – it was a GOOD one. convincing enough for her, most of the time, when she wasn’t hit by a wave of self doubt. 

it wasn’t like she could make him do a lie detector test. “sorry, i don’t …. know what my problem is today …”

_{“you want to make sure that i’m… content.” maybe it was more or maybe less. ky wasn’t going to actually dig into it further. nor was he going to ask questions that would give her an opening to ask some in return. no, ky would get what he wanted – it was just a matter of time. that much he knew.}

_{“an’ i am. i mean, if you want.” he said, “i could just spend more time in a hotel room, but… i enjoy it here. with you.”}