Well, jealousy had also played a large part of it, but Emma wasn't ready to admit that yet. No one said she had to be completely emotionally self-aware or healthy.
Emma sighed and rubbed at her eyes. "Of course you're an idiot, but you're not the only one," she replied affectionately. "You are male, after all."
HONESTLY.
"And of course you had a choice. If he had approached you and you'd said no, he completely would have respected it. I don't think he planted the idea in your mind or any nonsense like that, and if it had been me in the same circumstances, I might have done the same as you. He'd taken you in from a horrible situation and raised you with love and care."
"And while I get that vampires see time and age very differently than us mere mortals for obvious reasons... he was your everything at that point. Could you have refused if he had asked?"
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Emma sighed and rubbed at her eyes. "Of course you're an idiot, but you're not the only one," she replied affectionately. "You are male, after all."
HONESTLY.
"And of course you had a choice. If he had approached you and you'd said no, he completely would have respected it. I don't think he planted the idea in your mind or any nonsense like that, and if it had been me in the same circumstances, I might have done the same as you. He'd taken you in from a horrible situation and raised you with love and care."
"And while I get that vampires see time and age very differently than us mere mortals for obvious reasons... he was your everything at that point. Could you have refused if he had asked?"