He pressed several brief, soft kisses to both her cheeks, as if he would kiss away her tears. Then he pressed his lips to hers in a long insistent kiss.
Jace felt a little thrill at hearing that this was all new to her too. That there wasn't someone else she'd loved before. He let out a shaky breath and laughed for sheer joy. "Then I guess neither of us knows what we're doing. No wonder it took me so long to figure it out."
There were so many ways this could have gone wrong. He'd been so uncertain about what this meant, so reluctant to admit that he might be in love with her. To think that he'd nearly taken it back, that he'd lied to her. He shook his head. That didn't matter now. "I should have told you before. I should have told you ages ago."