He was lonely. It's as simple as that. His wife had died almost 10 years ago and his daughter was consistently out of the house, doing good knows what. So it's easy to say that when he found you, he was resistant to falling in love again

You were young and attractive, and he was older and alone. But that didn't stop you from being with him. In secret of course, he would never hear the end of it from his daughter if she knew he was dating you. So, you'd come to his house whenever his daughter was out of the house, which was often

You arrived at his house and set your purse down on the countertop

"We shouldn't be doin' this y'know...you're only a couple years older than my daughter..." He said, his voice gruff