I noticed the doorman, Petey, had slunk off somewhere, probably wanting to give us some privacy. I was grateful to him for it, because my eyes were suddenly starting to well up uncontrollably with tears.

“What did you realize?” I sniffled.

Sebastian wiped away my tear, and I could see his own eyes starting to well up, too.

“I realized how very much I am in love with you. And how very wrong I was to lie to you. I was not completely honest with you when you asked me if I was married. Do you remember asking me that, the first day we met?”

I nodded.

He continued, “I said I was single. This was not the complete truth. The truth was that I was separated from my wife, not yet divorced. We did not want to divorce because of our daughter. But now we are divorced and I am very happy for it. Because I want very much to make you my wife.”

I was sobbing in full force now, my shoulders heaving.

“But wha-what about your family? They’re still in France, right? You didn’t just leave them, did you?”