Claire's POV

Throughout dinner, Jason held my gaze and I knew what he needed. I didn't want to make him wait anymore. He had made me very happy more with his honest confession than anything else. I had never expected him to love me so much. More so, I had never expected him to remain celibate till the age of twenty-three just for me. His words affected me a lot and I wanted to shower all my love on him to make up for all years we had lost in between.

"Here have some more soup," he said, ladling more into my bowl. He had ordered a light dinner of...