Without looking at him, I replied, "No."

I tried to move through the door, but he blocked the way again, "I won't beg you."

"And I don't want you to."

"Why are you being difficult?'

"Just let me pass!" I jerked his hand off the door rail but he banged the door behind us, making me flinch back.

I glanced at him, my gaze piercing. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Is this how you want things to be between us from now on? Weird? Awkward? Toxic? Shitty?" The words came out of his mouth like garbage.

"You made it this way…" My voice broke with every syllable.

He sighed...