“What did I cause?” I whispered in sudden fear.
“You…” When he focused on my face and took in my worry, he muttered a curse under his breath and turned away again. “It’s not exactly what you caused, but what you did, and it wasn’t like you did anything wrong, anyway, so just forget it. Okay?”
“Forget it?” After repeating the words slowly, I shook my head and spilled out an incredulous laugh. “I think not. If I hurt you, I want to know what I—”
“Can we please just drop it?” he snapped, his rigid back becoming a wall that blocked me out completely.
“No,” I said. “Absolutely not. Not when you’re this upset.”
“Well, that’s not your concern.”
“Except you just said it was! If I caused this by doing something to—”
“Jesus Christ! You came for him. Okay?” Whirling around to scowl moodily, he
