JoAnna placed three croissants in a plate in front of Jeff. "I hope you accept this. It's my apology… or part of it…", she sheepishly said. JoAnna started with 'sacrifices' which are part of her apology.
"What?" Jeff does not understand. Why would JoAnna want to apologize? She is the victim.
JoAnna is embarrassed, but seeing that Jeff does not understand, she needs to clarify her actions. "For the other time... in hotel... when I ate your breakfast."
"An apology?" Whenever he thought about that morning, he found JoAnna to be adorable... His brain already removed all his irritation from memory of that evening and morning. The only thing left was his longing for her and regret that his lack of decisiveness allowed her to leave. Why would she apologize for?