I guess I have to stop being so romantic with you.
Why is that?
Because I can’t have you fall in love with me. I need to see my woman more often and you never come.
And your wife?
And my wife?

What he did not know was that I loved him already. I loved him from a distance, and never got close enough to touch. Because I had learned that touching led to emotional torture.
And at a distance, he would always be perfect.