Q My boyfriend and I have been together for two years, on and off. We recently reunited. He’s considering a new business venture, backing a great yoga teacher. She’s expressed her gratitude effusively, often stating that she loves him. She calls him “Honey” and in their correspondence makes a point of saying she misses him.

He says these are just expressions of friendship, but I’ve expressed misgivings. I think her gratitude will lead to love. While I trust my boyfriend, and he never responds to her comments, I believe that allows her to build her feelings for him.

We agree that I’m not the jealous type, so there must be something to my woman’s intuition. He says I should become better friends with her and that he’ll always refrain from doing anything other than business. But I believe it’ll be difficult as businesses consume a lot of time. I’d like to ask her to create boundaries so we don’t have issues, but I’d look like the bad guy.