Ella:

“Fine, but I want the consequences listed and not left open-ended free to your imagination” I replied in an equally stern tone.

“Consider it done, anything else?” he questioned.

“Yes, what if I become pregnant despite taking all the precautions? Why don’t you want children?” I probed and the very next minute his facial expression grew grim, it was almost impossible to know what was going through his mind.

“I think children are liabilities and not required so early on in our relationship while we are still figuring out our equation and exploring each other” he explained earnestly, although I felt, there was a reason far deeper than the...