He watched her, his brown eyes wide behind his glasses. After a moment, he pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her in an embrace. "Say it again," he murmured.
She grinned, her hands resting on his back as her voice sounded softly in his ear. "I love you. I love you, Arlo."
"I love you too, Anem," he replied quietly, planting a small kiss in her hair. "It's kind of a secret, though."