Elaine felt a slight tightening of her chest while her and Marco’s eyes were still holding each other in a gaze. She didn’t want to lose a friend but she also didn’t want him to keep hurting because of her. The fear and worry she heard from his voice a while ago, wasn’t just concern of a guy for a friend. She wasn’t that stupid not to feel that. And she is not selfish to make him hope only to be hurt. Marco was a good person. He deserved someone who would love him wholeheartedly.
Elaine swallowed the imaginary lump in her throat when Marco smiled and started to talk.