I looked up at him and tried to figure out what the hell I was supposed to say.
“I was just with you last night,” I told him, but I knew what he meant, and he didn’t say anything until I offered him more than that. I just didn’t have anything to give him at that point.
“If you’re not into me, that’s okay.” He smiled like the gentleman he was, but I wish I could explain to him that wasn’t the case. I definitely was sort of into him. The problem was that the shadow man currently haunting me—who may not actually exist—was threatening his life if I didn’t keep distance between us.
Yeah, I could just tell him that.
Cue eye roll.
“It’s not that,” I said a little too quickly, but at least, it made a small smile tug at the corner of his lip. I felt like I owed him an explanation, but I didn
