Karen Hackett asked Laura Moher:

Did Rose Barnes is just protecting herself after moving into a new town to start a new life? No, she doesn't want her past to catch up. Keeping a secret is not a miscommunication troupe.

Laura Moher Thank you for asking/saying this, Karen! Your last sentence is exactly how I feel about it. Not a miscommunication trope because she was doing what she felt she needed to protect herself. Whenever Angus mentioned money, she told him truthfully that she was fine. Angus was wrong in his assumption that she was just being extremely independent. Being wrong isn't a miscommunication trope either. And finally, in that trope, miscommunication is often the only thing keeping a couple apart, but in THIS story, Angus's wrong assumption is the only thing that lets him think it might be okay to have a relationship with Rose. If he'd known how much money she had, he wouldn't have felt like he could hold up his end of the partnership. THANK you! :)

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