"I do know that," she replied as her hand held onto the one that stroked her cheek. And then a look of confusion settled on her face. "What do you mean? What do you feel like you shouldn't say?" What else other than 'I love you' could be so serious that he was hesitant to say it? Because, in her opinion, that was pretty much the biggest thing they could say to each other and they'd already jumped that hurdle.