章 222: You'll Always Be Aaron Hale

Keeley couldn't take it anymore. She finally blurted what had been on her mind more and more lately. "If you noticed all these things about me from the beginning, why didn't you ever say anything?"

Aaron looked at her blankly. "I already told you, I didn't exactly know how to love somebody back then. Now I realize I kept too many things to myself."

"Like what?" He shifted nervously, refusing to answer, and she sighed. "Just tell me, I won't get weird about it. I've been wondering about this for a long time."

His hands gripped his bowl of ice cream, the remains of which had all melted. He refused to meet her eyes.

"A lot of things. I should have told you properly how much you meant to me. Like how you brought warmth into my cold world or how much I loved having you drag me around and experiencing new things through your eyes. Your excitement has always been contagious.