"I trust you as well. I know it seems bizarre, but I feel as if I could trust you with most anything." He wanted to reach out and grasp her hand once more, but he would hate hated to get her in trouble, or get him arrested again- and despite his attraction to her, he wasn't sure if she were worth prison.
"All I know for sure is that I want you. But. We must be careful. " He felt as if were two different people. Pretending to be James gave him a doorway into a world he'd never addo privvy to, and the more he stayed pretending, the more he wanted to stay James and the less he wanted to be Oliver.