Chapter 20

"You're a virgin?" He asked her in conformation, taken aback. "You just confessed you had a boyfriend." Merlyn pleaded with him with the desire overpowering her and started fidgeting with her fingers and his eyes worriedly scrolled from her face to her fingers. 'What was troubling her now?' "I never allowed him to touch me. That's probably why he chose a different woman for himself." Stephen stiffened his lips in indignation. He did not like her to feel sorry for her actions. In a way, he did not know why, but he was happy to know Merlyn was a virgin. "That man is an idiot for having lost you. You are a jewel." He tipped up her face to meet his eyes. "Sex is only a physical necessity but ultimately the thing which matters is the character. If he really loved you, he would have waited till the marriage and for you to accept him wholeheartedly. Unfortunately he was not eligible to have you as his better half. But why did you start this with me?" Merlyn had no answer for Stephen's qu