"So, we can't even be friends? You really want to draw a clear line between us?" he asked, his voice laced with hurt, his azure eyes filled with complex emotions.
"Of course not!" I eagerly tried to explain. "I just…"
"Alice." He took a step closer, his gaze intense. "Even if you don't feel that way about me, you don't have to deliberately keep your distance."
I froze. "What… what are you saying?" My heart raced, and my cheeks flushed.
"Can't you see? Alice, I…" He pressed closer again, my back against the desk, leaving me no room to retreat.
"What are you doing?" Olivia's shrill voice cut through the air like a sudden bolt of lightning. "Ryan, how can you be with a woman like her?"
She stood at the clinic office doorway, arms crossed, looking me up and down with disdain. "Do you kno
