Elena POV
“I don’t expect you to agree immediately.” I said, heat rising to my cheeks. “But I want you to think about it seriously.
The way you worry about me and want to protect me is the same way I worry about you and want to protect you.”
“That’s different—“ he cut in, but I held up a hand to stop him.
“Let me finish.” I said. When he nodded, I continued, “I don’t want to see you get hurt as much as you don’t want to see me get hurt.
So you should stop this whole talk of trying to send me away. I’m not going anywhere.”
He looked at me quietly for a long while with a strange look in his eyes, like he couldn’t believe what I was saying. “You know, there are many who would argue that you’re actually insane.
Instead of running away from trouble, you want to run straight towards it
