"I won't let you go alone," Kai Piers declared word by word, "Aurora Dupont, I always feel that once you leave, you won't come back."
"You...you're overthinking..."
"It's not that I'm overthinking, but I'm genuinely scared! You'll be abroad, lost in a sea of people, where am I to find you? If you were to leave, it would only take minutes!"
"I..." Aurora Dupont felt both amused and annoyed, "Why would I want to leave? I genuinely need to take care of something important. You can always reach me by phone."
"Your phone? You could easily change your number and I wouldn't be able to reach you."
"You..."
Aurora Dupont felt helpless, at a loss for words.
"I am going alone. Mila will be at home. If I wanted to run away, why wouldn't I take Mila with me?"
But at that moment, Kai Piers was more like a child: "No. Aurora Dupont, either I go with you, or you don't go."
