[Honestly he wants to accept that, he really does. But the thing is....]

I feel like I really am getting the good end of the deal....

[Still though, he doesn't plan on letting her go - just as he promised. So he just continues to hold her close and appreciate her words, as unfair to her as he thinks they are. She deserves so much better, he knows that she does. And there are so many other options, so many other young men ready to love her that put him to shame.

And yet-]

... I love you, though. I promise I always will. I don't know if I how to not love you.