==Elliot==
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"Your place or mine?"
She stared at me. Caught between fight and flight.
"Neither. You need to leave."
"Not until we talk."
"There's nothing to talk about."
"Three days, Delilah. You disappeared for three days."
"I needed space."
"Space? Or an escape route?"
Her jaw tightened. "You don't understand."
"Then make me understand. Stop running and talk to me."
"I'm not running."
"You literally ran. While I was sleeping. After we made love."
"It was just sex."
The words hit like a slap. But I saw through them.
"Liar."
"Excuse me?"
"You're lying. To me. To yourself. It wasn't just s*x and you know it."
"You don't know what you're talking about."
"I know you're scared. I know you push people away when they get close. I know you'd rather sabotage this than risk be
