Chapter 53 - You are my only weakness

Finland thought about how comfortable it felt to be in Caspar's arms and her heart felt a little sore. She knew that Caspar was a bit frustrated because Finland still found it hard to give him her heart and believe in him.

Finland hoped that she could easily receive the abundance of love and luxury that were provided for her, but she lived such a hard life for so long, she felt that her fears were justified.

After all, Caspar promised to wait. It's only been a week, she thought.

"I must sleep now. Tomorrow I will to go to Universal Studios with Jean and Katia."

"Katia will come along? What for?" Caspar asked in surprise. "Are you close to her? Isn't she just a corporate client?"

"We are friends outside of work," Finland said. "She is a good person. She knows Jean too, so last week we had dinner together and Jean asked her to come along with us to Universal Studios. Katia said she never had a friend she could go to amusement parks together with..."

"I didn't know you had dinner with Katia. I also didn't know that tomorrow you will go to Universal Studios with her..." Caspar's voice sounded worried. "I promised not to stalk you, so I don't know all this information..."

"Yeah, I forgot to tell you..."

"Finland, I promised not to use my access to stalk you, but in return you promised me that you will tell me everything. If I don't know anything, I can't protect you."

"Protect me from what?" asked Finland confused. "I have not been bullied by anyone. I am not rich either, so no one can do me any harm because of money..."

"I have to protect you because I have enemies. You are my weakness," Caspar said slowly, "I am protecting you to protect myself."

That's when Jean's words suddenly rang in her head: two people who love each other would become one.

Did Caspar have enemies? What kind of enemies did he have...? Business enemies or...?

Were they ordinary people or were they from the Alchemist clan?

There were so many questions raging in Finland's mind.

She was Caspar's weakness...?

It meant that, to protect Caspar, Finland had to protect herself...

For Caspar's sake she must not act carelessly.

Now then she understood Jean's words.

"I understand now..." Finland finally replied. "But what does it have to do with me meeting Katia and being friends with her? She is kind to me."

"Katia isn't that kind..." Caspar sighed. "Believe me, Katia isn't that kind. I've known her for 50 years, but even now I still don't understand her... I don't know why she is being so kind to you."

Finland was silent for a while. "What should I do then?"

"You'd better stay away from Katia."

"Uhmm... I'll try."

Finland felt a little uncomfortable thinking that she had to find an excuse to stay away from Katia. The girl was very nice to her.

She then remembered that Katia said that she fell in love with a man who didn't love her back... Was that Caspar? Or did Katia meet other people after she left Caspar?

"Uhmm... if I may know, when did Katia leave you? You said the engagement was cancelled because she left, not because you broke off the relationship..." she couldn't help asking.

"Katia left me six months ago. She left saying that she wanted to give me time to think."

Caspar's answer surprised Finland.

"ONLY SIX MONTHS AGO? That's still very recent..." Finland exclaimed in surprise, "I thought you guys were separated for years already..."

Finland was upset. Katia had been with Caspar for 50 years, and because the man still did not marry her after so long, she finally left six months ago... to give him time to think...

But then Caspar met Finland, and in a matter of months he had professed his love to her so many times. He even said that he wanted to marry her...

One, she felt sorry for Katia...

Two, she felt sorry for herself...

The relationship between Katia and Caspar, which lasted for over 50 years, ended bitterly for her... what hope did she have for their relationship which had only been a few months...??

Finland was silent for some time and Caspar seemed to read Finland's mind.

"Please don't compare my 50-year relationship with Katia with what we have now. What I felt for her was not love." said Caspar in a soft voice, "What I feel for you is love. I have never been this confident about my feelings towards a woman in my life before. Time doesn't matter, when you know, you will know..."

"I'm tired... I want to sleep first..." Finland said. "Good night."

"Alright. Good night."

Caspar did not force her to keep talking and let Finland hang up the phone.