Page 65 of Come to Me

"You think this is sulking?" I shake my head. "You're so wrong. The problem isn't me. It's you. You act like I'm your fucking enemy instead of your boyfriend."

"Because you act like you're interrogating me."

Interrogating?

"Now that's overly dramatic. If I had this all on the court record, I could prove how wrong you are," I mutter. "But it wouldn't do me any good, would it?"

She sighs.

I'm so over this right now.

I squeeze her hand and take a step towards the street. "Come on. Let's get out of here. Get somewhere dry."

"I don't mind the rain." She pulls her hand away and keeps walking. The rain is heavy and cold and the sky is gray around us.

"Ally!"

She moves faster, nearly running. She's going to fall, hurt herself.

She'd probably do it just to get out of this shitty conversation.

I run after her, grab her arm to stop her. "Fine. You don't mind the rain? Then, talk to me in the rain."

She jerks out of my hold.

"Why does everything have to be such an ordeal with you? Why can't we have a day together without it turning into some conversation about our future?"

"That isn't fair," I growl. "I'm not the one with the weird hang-up here. I'm not the one dragging my feet in our relationship. What the hell are you waiting for?"

She crosses her arms.

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Bullshit. You agreed to marry Ryan."

Any hint of pleasure drops off her face and she stares at me like I'm the root of all her misery. "Are you jealous of fucking Ryan?"

I don't even know.

"You saw a future with him. You don't see one with me. Maybe..." My fists curl into tight balls. My jaw clenches. Every muscle in my body is stiff and tense. I can't say that.

"For a smart guy, you can be such an idiot," she mutters.

I can barely hear her over the pitter patter of the rain on the sidewalk.

Her eyes are intense as she glares at me. "Do you know why I agreed to marry Ryan?"

"He convinced you that you'd never survive without him."

"Yes, but there's more to it than that. It wasn't a happy thing. I knew I was giving up any chance of ever being happy, really happy. I knew I was giving up the future I wanted. And I definitely knew I'd never have the kind of love we have. At least, the kind of love I thought we had." She turns and walks away again.

Shit.

"Ally, wait."

She stops but she doesn't turn to face me. "Why are you bringing up Ryan?"

I shove my fists back into my pockets.