"Of course, You spend enough time here and you realize that such things are transactional." not that being a whoreson didn't give him such a view on sex. If he thought of it as transactional then maybe he wouldn't be as hurt by the matter as he had been in the past. He wasn't going to open his heart to a stranger after all.

None of this showed on his face, however.

"Of course." He began drafting the final document, his hand moving in fine lines.

"I think two months should be reasonable as a trial period. It would give you enough time to gain your bearing and to see if this is an arrangement that you may wish to continue pursuing.

Is that amenable to you Master Cho?"