She frowned at him. "You're being stubborn again. Why not tell her? At least then if you give her the brush off, which I will be completely and utterly ashamed of you if you do, at least she will understand why. It is a bond between you, if you truly look at it, she lost her husband, you lost Helene. She might be the only one who will completely understand how you feel and what you went through, why deny yourself such a comfort?"
Olivia sighed, "You need to stop torturing yourself over Helene, she wouldn't want that for you."