One Step At A Time

Fiona's eyes dropped to her hands as she wriggled them and said, her voice barely audible. "Liam, I... I care about you deeply, but then, I'm still scared. I know you love me and I also do love you but I can't accept your love. It pains me but you know this can't work. Your world is so different from mine, and your mother... she doesn't approve of me, not because of the role I played as your fake girlfriend but because she thinks I'm undeserving of you. I love you so much and would want nothing more than to have you as mine, to love you in entirety and have you love me but... I also don't want to be the reason for any more pain in your life. You don't have to fight your mother because of me..."