“Then how do you know you’ll love me?” Her eyes conveyed her uncertainty, and hope took seed within him. Was she falling for him the way he was falling for her? He pushed his plate aside and rested his elbows on the table. “How could I not?” She tucked a loose hair behind her ear and stared at her food. “I’ve never loved anyone either.” She looked up. “But if I were going to love anyone, it would be you.” “Oh, you will love me, Aurora, because how could you not?”

