Ash already owed Max for getting her so far.
If he ended up betraying her in such a situation then they would just have to accept that their relationship was not that strong.
It could be easily affected by any outside influence and it was only a matter of time before they would have to part ways.
In some ways, Ash had already been preparing herself mentally for such a day.
She told herself that it would not be easy to maintain a stable relationship with others.
Her life would be unpredictable and dangerous at times so she could not imagine others being involved in her life more than necessary.
Her future was uncertain and it was unknown if she would have to leave the life she had built behind one day.
That meant that even if she got close to someone, there could come a day when she would have to leave them without a word and never come into contact with them again.
