His expression changed when she asked for the truth, but only slightly. His jaw clenched and his shoulders raised and fell in an inaudible sigh. He wanted to tell her. How desperately he wanted to tell her. How he wished he could be somebody else, anybody else. Someone she could be with, but he couldn’t be that person for her. He knew better, but he didn’t want to let her down. He didn’t want to hurt her feelings, especially if she felt the same for him.