• manipulator • məˈnɪpjuleɪtə(r)/noun a person who controls people to their own advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly -- The thing is, however much you believe you know someone, you can never, never be sure of what is truly going on in their head. You can never be sure where their heart rests, or what their motives truly are. She never knew what his motives were, she was stupid enough to think he didn't have any. "Darling everyone has motives." Perhaps they both just want to feel alive and maybe they'll do just about anything to feel it. -- Or the one where she's a naïve young girl and he's a manipulator/ borderline psychopath