"Not yet," Cecilia stammered. "Um... once the house is bought, it'll belong only to me. It won't have anything to do with you, so you don't have to contribute any money. But you can stay over sometimes, if you want."
'If he chips in, then later, if we argue or get into a fight and I try to kick him out, wouldn't he just say he owns part of the house and refuse to leave?'
She mumbled cautiously, "I just don't know if my fifteen hundred will be enough. If it's not, can I borrow some from you?"
Ian's mind began to spin.
'Fifteen hundred?'
'When he first found out she was his fiancée, he had asked his father about her family's situation to understand her better.'
'His father had said they'd only given her family eight hundred for the bride price.'
'He had also looked into his parents-in-law's salaries, which were average.'
'And his mother-in-law loved to dress up.'
'The family's income and expenses more or less broke even.'
'Even if they had any savings, it couldn't be much.'
