WRITER'S POV
Back in Beijing, Marcus was getting ready to take a drive to Emma's apartment. This, he initially, saw as a shitty idea but eventually he found himself giving in to the desire to actually see her. He felt a little sense of discomfort knowing how drunk she was and considering the events of the previous night. He was scared about loosing her closeness as he, somehow suspected that she would want to pull away or maintain some form of distance. And this was why he decided to stroke her self esteem, preventing it from crashing completely to the ground. She was a beautiful, carefree, intelligent, cheerful and exceptional woman, and breaking her heart this way wasn't what he had hoped for. He didn't even plan to be proposed to by a drunk Emma, either.
