"I'm sorry. We can't go further unless we are in a legal relationship."
Vincent was startled when he was suddenly pushed away. When he heard her firm rejection, he controlled his expression.
"Catherine, do you think that we don't have a future? Do you not believe in me?"
"It's not like that. I just don't want to do anything that would make me want you more than I already feel. I think I'll take advantage of you."
"It's not like that, Catherine. You can never take advantage of me–"
"Even so, this isn't right. I can't become intimate before marriage. No matter what society allows, in the end, the one who loses value is the woman without purity. We cannot change that fact. I'm sorry I led you on."
