You don't want to loose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are ↗
I never realized that life could be as difficult for a beautiful woman as it is for a plain one,” he said.
“Life can be difficult for everyone,” she replied.
“Misery makes no distinction between prince and pauper. ↗
When that bastard calls back, you tell him he’s won this round. I’ll marry him. But I don’t take well to being blackmailed, and tell him I intend to spend the rest of my life making him miserable, got that? ↗