I was still a little drunk, so I thought I was only hearing things.

Because hell, who in the world would say something like that to a woman in this day and age, right?

Or was this actually a thing? Was I thinking too traditionally?

Still, he couldn’t be implying what I thought he was implying, right?

“I mean, I’ll buy your time,” Nathaniel said quickly, looking flustered. It seemed that he hadn’t meant for it to sound that way. “Since you feel uncomfortable about me giving you money without receiving anything in return, I’ll buy your time instead. I don’t mean that in a — in a perverted way....