Elizabeth could not stop the blush if she wanted to when she felt his fingers brush her skin. It was the sort of thing she didn't really know how to respond to. Perhaps it was a gesture that was normal that she just didn't come across?

"Y-Yes. I won't hide anymore, but I'm not letting it define me either," she explained, bringing herself to look him in the eye despite her blushing. "I won't let what happened to me ruin what I might be able to have here."