Elise realized she kept far much more secrets about herself than him, and somehow, she couldn't be as truthful as him. Elise suddenly felt bad.
"Loriel?"
"Yes, honey?"
"You love me, right?" Elise asked haltingly.
"Elise, you are the love of my life," Loriel replied and cupped her face. "Of course, I love you. I love you so much."
Heat crawled up on Elise's cheeks. The way Loriel said it without flinching as he looked deeply into her eyes was something that made her stomach spin.
"You are the one who I chose to be with for the rest of our lives. If there is any circumstance that made you think otherwise, if Hilde's appearance made you doubt it, please let me rectify and prove otherwise. I love you and only you."
Elise stared up at Loriel's face and knew for a fact that it was true. Everything that happened between them for the past months was a great proof and testimony of how much Loriel loved her.
