41 Use the Damned Car

Lila

The tears blurred her vision as she reached her office door, but she swallowed them back and breathed as deeply as she could. She would not let him do this to her. Wouldn't fall apart just because he'd kissed her and she'd thought…

He was afraid. That was all. This was all new. For both of them. He just didn't realize how much of a closed book he became when he was tense like that. She'd ask him for a signal, or something. Some way to know the difference between when he was truly angry and when he was "being normal."

But her nerves shrilled, shrieked at her that he'd gotten cold feet. Changed his mind as soon as he broke out of the lust. That he could have reassured her with a look or a private word, but he didn't.

Deep breaths.