FIFTY NINE

Lucien watched as Mara went through the pages of the contract again until she was satisfied, she looked cute to him with her head buried in its pages and so he clasped his hands on both cheeks and watched. He noticed that her eyes always narrowed anytime she did not like a particular clause in the contract any time she came across one that she was sure to review; she closes her eyes and commits it to mind.

“Are you done?” he asked her when she looked up at him.

“Yes, I just have few things I want to clarify.”

“I’m all ears.”

“I will have to start staying with you, I need to know in details how that will work.”

“It is easy, you just have to live with me here.”

“I cannot just up and leave my house to live with you. We have to talk about the necessary arrangements.”

“You can keep your place if you always want to have somewhere to go to.” Lucien interjected.

“It is not just about keeping my place; it is the fact that I would have to stay here.”

“It is going to be for a year but you can sta