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"It’s ti on, Eliza I want the whole story Everything"

She whirled away fro in her eyes She put as much space between them as possible, but the room was small and his size overwhelmed it--and her

He crossed his arainst the locked door as if to further drive hoain Not ever

Her teeth dug into her bottoo to her and thumb away her lip before she broke the skin

"Eliza?" he pro the apprehensiveness already clinging to him like a stubborn vine

She shuddered violently and just as quickly shut down, shutting hi instead to fix her gaze toward the blank wall she now faced

"Eliza," he said in warning "My patience is at its fraying point Don’t push ht now"

She whirled back around, eyes wild, hands clenched into tight fists at her sides Her snarl of rage sent a surge of desire rolling over him like a tidal wave There she was His Eliza His relief was stark as he watched her fury ignite into fla oddamn mind? I didn’t ask for you to be here I didn’t ask for you to hunt me down and I da table, told to eat like an errant two-year-old who can’t get up from the dinner table until her plate is cleaned"

He shrugged "If the shoe fits"

She sent him a look that would likely shrivel his dick if it weren’t so daood look on her Ever Fierce, pissed off, uaranteed to ," she hissed "Stop interfering in shit that is not your business to interfere in! If I had wanted you in any way involved, I would have given you a heads-up Since clearly I didn’t, and I just as clearly recall telling you a few nights ago to stay the fuck away from me, it should be very clear to you that I don’t want you here"

"Never said I thought you wanted me here, Eliza You may not want me here or involved, but you need ht now Is that clear? Since clearly you seeh willunder control and that you aren’t in trouble and you can handle yourself But after the chat I just had with Dane I’ delaying the inevitable Which, by the way, isaway Now, are we clear?"

He broke off when she went bone white, her eyes so large and wounded against her starkly pale face that for a moment he couldn’t breathe She teetered precariously and he lunged for her, certain she was going to hit the floor in the next second

But her outburst froze him in mid-action Her words hit hi over his body until his knees wobbled and he wondered if he wasn’t going to be the one who ended up on the floor