Keith had learned from experience, to not spend too much money on a woman thanks to his ex wife. But Clara sohow got tangled with Timmy, whom Keith absolutely hated to the core and was also slightly afraid of.
'He won't be too strong right now, but that'll change in the future. Even though Clara did die in the novel, she stalled Clark for enough ti so that Timmy could save his people. One person died to save more than fifty awakened... a good trade in any sense possible.
I have the money to help her out, so why not? Also, I still kinda like her but I think it's better to make things clear and set up so rules before things get ssy. I don't want her to misunderstand.' he thought to himself as he looked up at Clara.
He took a deep breath, "I know soone who can help with the money but that's not the important part here as I'm sure that he'll help out. Let's fix the thing between us first and co to an agreent, okay?"
"Okay." Clara responded as she nodded.
She looked both nervous and confident at the sa ti as she watched Keith observer her silently for a few seconds.
"Mhm... okay, let's start with first. It's clear that I find you attractive, yes?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yes."
Keith nodded back in response, "Good, now let's get to the main part. You've been making things complicated and confusing until now, but I just want to know what you think about . Don't talk about love right off the bat. It's a complicated emotion that doesn't pop up in just a few days."
"I... I do find you attractive. Very attractive..." she said softly and just as she was about to continue, Keith cut her off.
"Great, now let's co to an agreent. We clearly like each other, but we need so ti to get to know each other first. So there won't be any talks about marriage for a few months or maybe even two to three years. I want to know a lot more about you and I don't want to do that in a hurry, so it'll take ti.
Let's start off as lovers first, but I hope that you can keep in mind that romance alone isn't enough to keep a relationship stable. I want us to be friends first before lovers. Sex alone doesn't help. If I just want sex, I can visit a brothel." he said, not hiding anything and smacking her with his words.
Alia stomped on his toes when she heard his words, "You're insensitive!"
"I'm realistic. Only when we know and understand each other, will we be able to avoid most problems related to marriage. One of the most common ones is misunderstanding and distrust, which can be sorted out as we spend more ti together."
Before Alia could counter his words again, Clara opened her mouth, "I'm fine with it."
Keith nodded as he turned his head to look at Clara, "Great. Now I just want to know one thing. Why did you decide to tell about this? Was it just because you wanted to escape from Timothy's clutches, or was it because you wished to be with ?"
"Both... but I never really had any intention to tell you anything. That was until we got to this place. When you went to get your promotion, I heard a voice in my head.
It was feminine and calming. It gave the feeling that the goddess was talking to . The voice... it told that talking to you will solve my problem.
I... I'm not lying. I know it sounds flimsy but it did happen." she said, her voice losing confidence by the second as she watched Keith stare at her intently.
Keith shook his head, "Nah, I believe you. I got a ssage from the goddess too... but oh well, I really didn't expect this."
He then looked up at the ceiling, knowing that two people were watching him right now. He didn't bother with Seraphina and instead had the author of the novel in mind.
'My lovely fucking author... damn red snow, you're trying to fix the mistakes you did in your book by using aren't you?'
And the mont he thought of that, for the first ti in a few months, he finally felt his pinky twitch. Danger sense had activated and the source was the beer bottle in front of him.
He let the bottle go, but didn't fail to notice the word that had ford on the glass thanks to condensation of water.
No
That was the only thing it said, but Keith trusted it.
'Oh well, I guess you have your reasons then.' he thought and sighed before looking at the two girls, "Well, now that we settled things between us, cheers! For a new found friendship!"
The three of them clinked their bottles, with Alia's being empty but she poured so water into it and drank anyway.
Once the three of them were done emptying their drinks, they got up and headed back to the church but on the way, Alia being Alia, didn't stay still and pushed Clara into Keith.
"Well well well, I really did not expect an angel to fall into my arms did I?" Keith played along by blurting out a cheesy ass line as he put his arms around her shoulder.
Clara was shorter than Alia, standing at 5 foot 5 inches, or in other words 165 cm while Alia was 170 cm. The difference wasn't much, but it was there.
Clara's face went beet red when she heard his words and even though she wanted to smack Alia, the feeling of being held in his arms felt like a way better deal. As they got closer to the church, Keith let her go.
"Let's keep things a secret for now. I don't want the others to find out." he said as he looked at the two of them, but Alia looked angry when she heard him.
"What? Are you saying that because you'll feel humiliated if people see you with her?"
"No, you dumb bitch. There are people here who are loyal to Timothy and Timmy. If the news gets to their ears, it'll only an trouble."
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