"But we both need time to ourselves outside of work. And for a marriage to be a true marriage, we both need to be equals. I worry that we might not be."

She looks away for a moment.

"I miss the sarcasm you used to use with me. It was one of the reasons why I started finding myself so taken with you. It let me know that we were on even ground, that I wasn't something being worshiped the way the people in the Mia Ausa fan club treat me."

Beat.

"You don't have any Mia Ausa fan club things, do you?"