There was a pause in between his question and her answer. She had to think why not, and while she knew it, she didn't want to offend him. She decided against telling him what really was on her mind and just told him mostly what was the reason.

"I was in a foreign land, no real help from family in case there was an emergency, so I had to make sure I saved what I made. Also, people don't really seem to wear as much gold here as among my people. I don't think they see it as important. The people I met were more interested in their hairstyles, their clothing, and makeup than jewelry, but I do enjoy wearing it."

She set the ring back down and moved to kiss his temple as he cutely tried everything on. She left him then and didn't linger at the jewelry box with him. Instead, she moved over to the doorway to smell the food. 

"Mmm, smells delicious." 

Her hands coursed over her tummy and rest there as she seemed like she wanted to eat soon. She after all hadn't eaten anything but small snacks to tide her over in case there was some sort of feast that night.