Chapter 35

“I was waiting to see if you would.” He tried to keep control of his tone this time, trying to defuse the anger and talk. He wasn’t doing a good job at all, and every word out of his mouth sounded snarky.

“Why?” she snapped, still pissed, and he could only shrug. He had wanted her to broach the subject, acknowledge last night in some way because it fucking hurt him that she hadn’t. That it had been nothing to her except a drunken mistake.

“Jake, it shouldn’t have happened. We crossed a line.” She glanced his way, softening her tone the way she did at work when trying to soothe a bad mood over some shitty business meeting. She was pandering to him, and he couldn’t fucking stand it over this. He lost the last ounces of control over his temper.

“And there she is! Right back to square one.” The sarcasm was thick in his tone. His body stiffened in his seat with sheer anger and heartbreak, fighting each other for control.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” She turned