He was so angry that for a moment, I thought he’d stop what he was doing and step back from me. But he didn’t. If anything, he pressed harder against my body. And into me. I hissed through my teeth. “This is too much!” I surrendered. Too intimate! Too close. And too intense. Asking questions I don’t have answers for. “So, why...Allie...” He c****d his head at me dangerously as his voice hardened. “Did you shut me out?” “I didn’t know what to say to you!” I admitted. Dropping my head backward against the wall as side to side no longer proved any escape. I slapped a hand along my face and forced it up through my hair. “Or to anyone for that matter.” I hated admitting both to myself and to him that I’d done it on purpose. His tone softened. “Wouldn’t have had to say anything to me,