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"I can't pay you to love me," he says, his deep voice flat with finality.
"You can't," I agree. "But you can pay me for affection. You can pay me to listen to you. You can pay me to care, or to at least pretend to."
His eyes flash up to me again, a hint of rage behind them. Honesty is always a risky gambit, but I think it's the only one that will work on him.
"You're a perceptive man, Aaron," I try to say it like a fact rather than a compliment. "And I'm a bad liar. If I’m faking my interest, you’ll know. And our arrangement will end.”
I give the hint of a shrug so he knows that it would be no big deal for either of us.
“But I will say this,” I continue and I make sure his eyes are on mine. “David is a friend of mine, not a client. He’s not a kind judge of character. So if he speaks this highly of you, I know that at the very least you’re a good man and probably an interesting one. You’re obviously very attractive. I can’t promise that I won’t fall in love with you. At least a little.”