"I love you." Before she could temper her thoughts, the words flowed out. A horrified Katrina slapped a hand to her mouth and buried her face into his chest, concealing it with the tear sodden material that was his white shirt. "What?" The surprised Ryan stiffened. "What did you say?" he smiled as he attempted to look down at her face, but it remained hidden by his chest and the light thread that had woven his shirt. "It's...it's nothing." she stumbled from within the confines of his shirt, burying her face even deeper as she worried that he would ask her for more. Still, the man smiled. If her timid behavior was anything to go by, then, she must have actually said those words, those three words that he had thought he had imagined hearing her say them. "It's fine. I am willing to

