Forty- It is very real

"What you started yesterday?" Chloe finally asked after recovering from the tingling within her.

They stopped in front of her room door and he looked down at her. "First, we should talk."

"I guess." After her response, Nathaniel smiled and reached for the door handle.

After opening it and motioning her in, he said, "We should talk about us." The door closed.

"Us?" she asked, her legs walking to her wardrobe to pick an outfit for her outing.

"Well, mostly you." She turned to face Nathaniel who had helped himself onto her bed.

"Me?"

"Quit your job as a maid," came his response, his eyes boring into hers.

Throwing the gown in her hand onto her bed, Chloe could feel conflicts rising in her head again. "Uh?"

"I don't want you to work for me since we are in a relationship now."

"I never agreed to be in a relationship with you," she said, her eyes darting to the side. His suggestion spelled serious disruption. But his last statement...