Chapter 36- Karl
For Morrison, desire was inevitable, yet he could only suppress it.
Reason always prevailed—he knew she wasn’t someone he should get involved with, so he never once crossed that line.
In his thirty-two years of life, this was the first time he had a relationship so clean and pure. Even he was surprised that he hadn’t broken up but instead held on for over half a year.
He didn’t even know why he persisted so long. Being with Lilian made Morrison feel an unprecedented ease.
She was simple-minded and asked for little. Perhaps because she had never lacked anything, her abundance shaped a mindset that never demanded too much from others—whether love or material things—because her heart was already full.
Their half-year together was uneventful, just simple and steady.
But every time he saw her blush from his teasing, he found it endlessly amusing. Watching her light up with joy over his small thoughtful gestures made him smile just as much.
Yes, of the two of them, he was the one who put in more effort. After all, he was the teacher. It was his role to teach her how a man should give romance and affection—and he was a master at it—so he often created little moments of romance for her.
Whenever that happened, she would beam like a child, her smile curving even her eyes.
Whenever he missed her, he’d call her up, steal a kiss, then let her go.
Over time, she got familiar with Nortonsean as well, though she often mixed up the two—especially Sean, who loved putting on glasses to pretend to be Norton and tease her. At first, Morrison was unaware, but once he found out, he sent Sean to oversee a project in the remote Northwest for a month. After that, Sean never dared to tease her again.
Sometimes, when he was in a good mood and work was light, he’d go to the finance department to find her—but he would wait hidden in the stairwell, watching as she nervously hurried inside, then scoop her up in a hug and steal a kiss. She would angrily warn him not to come there again, but the next time he’d threaten to just show up at finance and force her to give in.