I can tell he is furious and it only breaks my heart even more. His first reaction nowadays is always anger, barely any deep concern for me.
I turn my head, just enough to throw the words at him over my shoulder, not enough to give him my face.
"I didn't see the point." Even to my own ears, my voice is cold. I sound like a stranger. "I had it. You did not need to interfere."
I take another step toward the bathroom but Eli is quick to close me down.
His arm comes up over my shoulder and he braces it on the doorframe, caging me against the wood without ever touching me. I can feel the heat of him along the whole line of my back. His chest is a breath away from my shoulder blades. When he speaks, his mouth is so close to my ear that the consonants land on my skin.
"You had it?" His voic
