Anne's thin smile tugged along with a faint blush on her cheeks. "Sometimes I feel like what you said back then was just a joke."

"A joke?" Eland blinked in disbelief. "I joked about my feelings? Wow!" The hands that were once holding each other were released just like that.

Anne was immediately taken aback by the unexpected response Eland gave. She shouldn't have spoken without thinking, right? But what could she do when the truth had been bothering her since the first time Eland expressed ...