She nodded, relieved that he hadn't rejected her. It was a momentary lapse of judgement and self control, and she hadn't meant to let him see it. She didn't reach for his hand, and was in fact too scared to do so, in case he had meant to end their affection when he moved to open the book. She did, however, keep her hand available to him at all times, in case he did decide to reach for it.