"What?" Aaron asked, confused, before realising what it must have been. "You don't deserve it?"
Not, 'I don't feel that way', 'I don't want to lead you on', but a feeling of undeservedness?
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"What?" Aaron asked, confused, before realising what it must have been. "You don't deserve it?"
Not, 'I don't feel that way', 'I don't want to lead you on', but a feeling of undeservedness?