She pulled away. “Jesus, Manic, can you give me some space? I just want to take a shower in peace.” Her dark eyes finally came to mine, and then she quickly looked away.
She hadn’t called me Manic in two weeks, not unless she was looking to get spanked, using it as foreplay, but that’s not what was happening here. “What the fuck is going on?”
She took the shampoo back from me and turned away. “Nothing. This is…it’s a lot. You’re a lot.”
What the actual fuck was this?“Talk to me, Addison.”
“There’s nothing to talk about.”
“Bullshit. This isn’t you—”
“How would you know?” she said and moved so she was as far from me as she could get. “We barely know each other.”
My head jerked back. “What?”
She said nothing and looked at her feet.
I turned her to face me, but she kept her head down. “Why’re you trying to freeze me out right now?”
Her chest was pumping hard, and her eyes glistened, but she still said nothing.
“Addie—”
“I don’t w-want to talk,” she said, her voice breaking.
“Did I do something? Have I somehow upset you—”
“You did nothing wrong, okay. This has nothing to do with you. I just…I need some breathing room.”
Fuck that. She wasn’t alone anymore. If she was going through something, which she clearly fucking was, I was here to help her through it. “Why?”
“Get out of the damned shower, Manic.”
“Levi,” I bit out.
Her eyes flashed. “I want you to stay at your own place tonight.”
Every muscle in my body tensed as if it were preparing to take a physical blow. “Not happening.”
“You said, no pressure. You said, fun. I’m not having fun anymore.”
Her words hit hard. “Addison—”
“I need you to leave.”
“No.”
Her eyes grew wider. “You can’t just say no.”
I shook my head. “I’m not going anywhere until you tell me what the fuck is going on.”
Her breathing grew more erratic. “Go,” she said, her eyes turning wild, panicked, then she shoved at my chest.
“Talk to me,” I growled.
She dropped into a crouch suddenly and gripped the wall. She was gasping like she couldn’t breathe.
I dropped down beside her. “Addison, Jesus. What’s happening?” She was freaking me the hell out now. “Addie?”