Chapter 20 Payton had pretended she couldn’t hear Colin on the phone. It was sweet that he was worried about her. Acting like the overprotective big brother. At times she wished it was him she was stuck in this house with instead of Alex. It was t*****e having the object of your affection only a few feet away from you but always just out of reach. His mood swings kept giving her whiplash. He was rude to her then looked at her like she was lollipop he wanted to see how many licks it would take to get to her center then he was back to cold and aloof. She couldn’t keep up with it. It wasn’t the fact he kept trying to kiss her that upset her the most about it. It was the damn apologizing. Like almost kissing her was something to be sorry about. There was nothing wrong with her. She wouldn’t