Her breath hitches at that, her own tears returning as her heart breaks for him. "Of course not," Aphrodite replies gently. "You've always meant more to me than that. I wouldn't go through all of this just to see if I can pull it off. I'm not that ambitious."
Edging closer to him, she keeps his face in her hands, willing him to believe her. "You're not a wreck, Luke. You've been hurt, and you've been abandoned, and you've been let down. But that's not all there is to you. There are so many things I love about you, if I were to list them out. And none of them include you being some kind of challenge for me."
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Edging closer to him, she keeps his face in her hands, willing him to believe her. "You're not a wreck, Luke. You've been hurt, and you've been abandoned, and you've been let down. But that's not all there is to you. There are so many things I love about you, if I were to list them out. And none of them include you being some kind of challenge for me."