The kiss went on longer than I had expected. It was electrifying at least to me. I didn't know how she felt then. She didn't reveal it to me or my thoughts were clouded that I couldn't see clearly. But she pulled away for a break, panting. I got confused by the sudden repel action. 

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"I don't think this is right."

"Why?"

"We can't be kissing like this after 15 years of not contacting... That if you are looking at me as Shin Hye..."

"And... the girl from the other day.. she IS your girlfriend right?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You lied about her... Your expression gave you away that day.." 

"I don't know what is right or wrong anymore..." I told her.

"Why don't you know?"

"You.. working as an like this? To me it is not right."

"What has that got to do with this?" She asked.

"I don't think you deserve a life like this. This is not you."

"Do you even know me?" She challenged me.

"I think what happened just now was just a natural reaction of a man that I have the ability to turn on. Nothing more than that." 

That remark hurts partly because it's true and partly because it is not true.

"I was forced into that relationship."

"But you were not forced to maintain it." She added. 

"Why is it you always have comebacks that stunt me?"

"So should I just remain silent just as Cassandra would?" 

"Because... if I was Cassandra I would smile and just nod taking it as part of the job description."

I was challenged. I felt challenged. She dared me. 

"Not all man are like that.." My meek response to her.

"Can you please stop this bullsh*t you're giving me?"

"Seriously not all men are like that? Well too bad then all the men I've met are like that.. Are you saying you're different?"

"I would like to believe I am..."

"Oh please... you have a girlfr