"I'm just not attracted to you, Ms. Leister." He says.

I remove myself from his grasp. I needed to disappear. Or wait, was I dreaming? It had to be.

"I don't understand..."

"I wanted to check. I've noticed the way you act around me, and frankly, I was going to pretend. But I'm not like that."

I blink at him. I was beyond surprised, and embarrassed. "You couldn't just say no? Like a normal person? You just pretended."

"No. I didn't. I saved you from misery. I don't feel the same way as you do, and never will. It will be better for us both, if you stopped acting that...