“I need you to forgive me too,” she said. He started to shake his head but she shushed him. “I should have trusted you. I should have stepped out onto that balcony and demanded an explanation instead of running away like a coward. I should have believed in what I felt for you instead of trying to pretend that I hadn’t fallen in love with you.”

His eyes widened and his face split in an adorable grin. “You fell in love with me?”

“You know I did,” she said, ...