"Ooh. No," Cal said, short and simple. "My feelings aren't new. My feelings have been here for a while. What's new is my willingness to admit it, both to you and to myself. You're not the only one who's been worried that this is wrong. I've been so worried about hurting you, or asking for too much, but after everything that happened I wanted to make sure you knew how important you are to me."
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