A quotation from a book I am currently reading…

He kissed her until she was dizzy and breathless. She could have stayed there forever, but eventually he drew back with obvious hesitation and said, “I have to go back and finish painting.”

“Not yet. Just a little more,” She kissed him again.

He kissed her back and somehow it felt more sweet than it ever had before.

It was like he’d lit a fuel in her. “I love you,” she breathed, then realized what she’d said and panicked.

It was the first time she’d said it to him. Actually, it was the first time she’d said it to any guy.

During the nanoseconds of silence that followed, her humiliation level went from one to eleven. Shit, shit, shit, shouldn’t have said that, shit, how do I get out of –

“I love you too,” he said, in a way that was so heartfelt that she immediately started to cry.

– Beth Harbison