He nodded his head and suddenly he was worried about where this was leading. Was she trying to break it to him gently, that she loved him but she couldn't be with him. He couldn't help that that was where his train of thought had went. He didn't want to lose her. But he had to trust that she wouldn't hurt him, and he was trying hard to do that. "Yes, I do," he said, eventually. "And you know that I love you, right?" he asked.