"I don't know. All I know is that he neither wants to make you Luna nor his mistress. So I don't understand the benefit he is taking from you since both of you have denied having an affair. If he isn't sleeping with you like you have said, then I don't understand either," she added.
Who was I if his own sister wasn't aware of what was happening? I was at a complete loss at the time. I wasn't sure whether I should be angry, hurt, or relieved. I wasn't sure which feeling to focus on.
I finally uttered those words to console myself because I knew that had to be it: "Maybe he just enjoys my company." Nothing else seemed logical.
Her remarks were hurled at the situation like darts at a dartboard: "If he did, then why wouldn't he want to keep it?" They struck forcefully and with precision.
And why wouldn't he, too?