“Four months ago, I was an outsider in your world, a bloke with the wrong clothes and a funny accent who’d come here to do a job. But first, I needed an entrée, admittance to the kinds of parties your father and his sort throw. Goldie provided that, but only to a point. I needed a more . . . intimate contact.” I swallow. Hard. “That’s where you came in.”
he admits to this and he has the nerve to try to make her feel bad!!! I believe his mentality is that she has her cushy engagement to fall back on, but that's the practicalities. he's being cruel about the emotional part.
