" I enjoy his company—not in the romantic sense. He knows when to be quiet and when to say something. He has a delightful sense of humor, and as an added incentive when I am with him, you are not hounding me to find him.” It sounds like friendship. “Of a sort, yes. In the beginning, he mostly tolerated me, but I would like to think that Severin no longer finds me a nuisance and enjoys our time as well,” Elle said. What is love but friendship set on fire? “Oh, "
― K.M. Shea , Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales, #1)