Obi-Wan feels it too, or perhaps picks up on Padmé's shifting emotions; but while he's been teasing with deliberately vague wording, now he's not speaking of their hypothetical scenario at all, but something much more personal. This desire he's held for her is suddenly at the forefront, and it's not just physical attraction or the want to share her bed, but the want to share her life with her, in a way that a bodyguard, even as a husband, wouldn't be allowed.

The smile fades from his face, but he continues to hold her eyes. His voice drops almost to a confessional murmur. "What if... I find I desire it a great deal? More, much more than I expected, or was prepared for?"