"Well ... what is between us ...?" Martin tried to ask timidly, but whether it was out of shyness or whatever, he couldn't finish the question. Steve had assured him of his love more than once, but if that love had been won by Martin dishonestly ... Martin was as afraid of the answer as the question itself.
"What's between us," Steve replied with a warm smile, "is the best that has ever happened to me. It is something so beautiful that it is almost unimaginable. Something I've never even dreamed of. You have no idea how often I wonder if I deserve the good that you are. "
"Don't say that" Martin felt uncomfortable. "Can't you see I'm blushing at such words?"
"All the more I should say them, because you are wonderfully beautiful with a blush. Once, Mrs. Robson told me a very clever thing. She said I was extremely lucky to have found a man who loves me as much as I love him. "
