"Yes, I meant there's sexual attraction, not just friendship," Oliver said. "You can't have a relationship without it.
"I told you before that I wasn't ready for a relationship. I'm still not, but that doesn't mean, and never meant, that I'm not interested in you. Waiting for some abstract 'ready' is stupid." So Oliver had been told, but he was keeping Savannah out of the conversation. "I told you that it was unfair to you to have mights or maybes, because you deserve better than that. So I'm telling you flat out that I would like to try a relationship with you, if you still want it."