If Rose hadn't already been in love with him, she would have fallen in that moment. She longed for his kiss, spontaneous and filled with the same love she felt for him. How was it possible that he had remained alone for all those years? Why had Astoria been the only one, besides her and maybe her mother, to realize he deserved to be loved? She couldn't understand, because if she had been his peer, she wouldn't have let him slip away. She would have convinced him she was the right woman for him.