Bruce is very pointedly being selfish, and completely ignoring that shadow even as he feels its presence behind him. He knows it's there, he always knows it's there, but right now he only wants Betty, and he wants what he feels he deserves.

"No, no don't be sorry." He's trying to ignore that those words can just as easily come from him. He left her, he left her alone, and now he's not certain he can really ever forgive himself for that. No matter how necessary it seemed, it's going to be one of his biggest regrets, worse than that decision that turned his world upside down in the first place. He puts his hand on top of hers, rubbing the knuckles with a thumb. "I'm just glad to see you again."