Ileana couldn't really resist too much and reluctantly said, "Fine, fine. But nothing like...extravagant. You're not allowed to spend a lot of money on me."
She turned to look at him, just listening to him talk for the moment. There was a huge part of her scared and saddened, but there was still the coil of horror deep in her stomach at the thought. "I'm so..I'm so sorry, Cole," she whispered and stepped close to wrap her arms around him, holding on to him tightly.