While Loriel was currently at the penthouse kitchen all by himself, he started considering the next step in his and Elise's relationship. The two of them have been living with each other for the past three months.
Those were the days, weeks, and months of bliss.
Oh, it was a little torturous first. In between the times where Loriel needed to pretend that his affections for Elise were nothing but friendship… he labored hard to keep himself from telling her that he loved her.
It was difficult to not simply adore her back then.
Every little thing that Elise did fill his heart with love for her. He missed her terribly and Loriel was almost afraid that it would take more time for Elise to open up to him.
Loriel was grateful that the necessity for a fake boyfriend came up.
That was the starting point for the change that brought them to actually be really together when he confessed and she accepted his love. Things started turning better after that.