“Were you a… couple?” she asks tentatively. “No.” “Because he was in love with someone else?” Ted nods softly, his chin heavy with loss, but not bitterness. “We were as close to a couple as you can get, maybe. It’s probably hard to understand.” Louisa shakes her head slowly. “No. It isn’t hard at all. You loved each other so much that you were scared of accidentally breaking each other.”
