He shook his head. “I can never stand in the way of your success, Leylla. But I will be here for you. For anything you will ever need.” He took my hand and kissed it.

Why was he contradicting himself?

If he didn’t want to be in the way of my career, if he was certain that he was a distraction that I should not allow to get into me, why was he kissing me like that? He was sure of what he was doing to me. Why was he confusing me? Why would he urge me to forget him and then turn around and ...