“And now here you are,” I finish, clarifying I don’t need more details. I’m both enlightened and heavy with the weight of so much knowledge in one go. I thought I knew what I was getting, and now I see so much more to him than I could ever have predicted. It will take more than one night to truly get to know and understand how he ticks, although I feel like I have made a massive breakthrough in understanding him in one conversation.

He’s not what he seems. He’s so much ...