Chapter 40

The sudden statement made him freeze. He didn't understand why she would say such a thing. So he asked, "Why?"

"I think we should clarify our relationship," she said. She couldn't deny that his looks alone brought hope into her life.

She would treat him as her husband because he had helped her.

However, emotionally, just like filling a cup of water drop by drop, things needed time to grow.

Even if James genuinely liked her, she couldn't forget her past and start a life with him in just a few days.

She took advantage of the empty office and decided to have a serious conversation with him.

"I appreciate your help in resolving the issues for the Charter Corporation, and I thank you for being so willing to marry someone like me.

"However, I feel that our relationship shouldn't be so intimate."

"Why?" he asked in confusion. They were married, so why should intimacy be a problem?

It seemed strange if there wasn't any intimacy between them.

But, it was precisely because of th