Chapter 31

By the time Thursday rolls around, it has yet again been another few days where David hasn’t so much as touched me. It seems to be our new dynamic: I get close, do something, and then he needs a few days to cool off and stay away from me. The fact that we still haven’t slept in the same room is weird, too. Almost as weird as the fact that we haven’t had sex yet after all these months, despite it being the one thing I want to do.

It makes working at the office very tricky. It makes living together very tricky as well. It leaves me confused about where I stand with him.

The last time we spoke about it, we were giving this a go—as in, you and me being together. And yet, nothing has really happened that screams “relationship.” Even the fun banter we used to have before is gone, replaced by simple conversations, intense stares, and not seeing each other for hours.

So