I know. I know you care, and I know even if you lie, your well wishes for others are true. I know all that.

[ at least one of her best points is processing emotions quickly. the shock lingers, but it's fading as she considers what this all means. how much more her actions must have affected him, how he is reacting to her now. ]

It's one of the things I like best about you. [ not the lying part. she sighs, still holding onto him. ] I do love you, Claude. I just thought... if I said it so plainly, it might be insensitive after what's happened.

[ and it may be insensitive even now, but she doesn't like leaving things unsaid. ]

Even if I'm someone who can love more than one person, you already know how I feel.