... “I wanted to pass something by you, but if you don’t like it, then that’s fine. I want you to ignore it.”
“Alright... But what are we talking about?”
He swallows hard. “I realise that we barely know each other, but the thing is, I would like to know you better...”
Where’s this going?
“And I know that you said at the start, very clearly, that you didn’t want to be ‘tied at the hip’... And that’s what I wanted too... then... The thing is... that although my work involves a lot of travelling and my er... base is out west, it doesn’t need to be. My apartment is only rented and so long as I have good road access and an internet connection, it really doesn’t matter where I live...”
“So...?”
“So, I could get an apartment here, in the City and we could see each other more regularly, and for me, more easily. How... would you feel about that?”