Felix Shaw spoke with emotion, but Mia Foster was calm and steady. Looking into his eyes, she said softly, "Felix, what you're talking about isn't love. At most, it's a form of dependency. You were at your most helpless, and I happened to be by your side, so you became dependent on me."
"No, no, Mia, listen to me..."
Felix Shaw shook his head incessantly, but Mia interrupted him again, "Felix, calm down and think carefully. Back then, if that incident hadn't happened, would you have proposed to me?"
Meeting Felix Shaw's somewhat evasive gaze, Mia continued, "If I'm not mistaken, choosing to date me must have been out of necessity, because you were involved with Elizabeth White at the time and never really ended it."
