helia had bad thoughts going through his head. like:

when helia tells flora she is going to leave
that they will never see each other again
and worse of all that he has to marry someone else.

helia saw flora looking sad and looked like she was about to leave so automatically he opened the door and went and sat with flora. she gave him a kiss.

flora: i have been waiting ages for you.

helia: sorry i have something bad going on.
flora sensed something was wrong

flora: come on tell me.
helia was dreading telling flora.