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I wait for her reply, my eyes trained on her with my breath in my throat. Because this would be very different if feelings were involved.

Gia is a servant girl who works in our household, sweet and hardworking, I liked her a lot. She is paid very generously and could quit and decide to do something else if she wanted, but for now, she works for us and Tommy might as well be a prince, living the life of a man with the world at his feet, as much as it looks cute on the soap operas I was fond of watching, it wouldn’t fly well in our life. One day he would be expected to marry for the good of the family, as a made man, duty came before all else.

I didn’t want to see her hurt.

Gia shook her head, the universal sign for no her eyes trained on her hands.

I stared at her, trying to find any form of deceit. I relaxed a fraction.

Though she might say that for now, it’s quite easy to confuse sex and feelings, especially for women.

I didn’t want to say this but what choice did I have?