The silence had been longer than a minute, before Sam finally broke it. He was totally lost for words, but he had to say something;

“It’s too late, Charity. Why didn’t you tell me this the first day I hired you?” Sam questioned, his hand covering his face.

If he wanted to behave like the wealthy unconcerned billionaire that he was, he would have just discarded Charity’s feelings, but he respected the fact that she had loved him long before he became rich.

“I was scared….I was scared to lose