Corbin was to the point.
“I don’t really feel like eating,” he said, putting his own fork down. “You can have mine,” he said, standing up.
Alex stared in horror how this all went sideways because he’d been too obvious and slept alone.
Now, he wasn’t hungry either.
Alex knew enough about relationships that when you did something off, your partner tended to figure it out, and Corbin was reading the room—just not how he should be.
Had he given him the impression that he wanted space?
That was anything but the truth.
He wantedHIM.
“Corbin.”
He shook his head.
“Don’t,” he said, his heart hurting. “I don’t need to hear it. We’ve only been doing this for over a week, and I know I move at a different speed. I’m trying to not be pushy, but it’s difficult. I’m going to go work out. I hope you enjoy breakfast, and it made you happy,” he said.
Because it broke Corbin’s heart.
It was clear that they wereNOTon the same page, and no matter what he hinted, or said, he didn’t know how to get Alex there with him. Maybe he just didn’t want to be with him like that.
Maybe something had changed.
When you were trapped in a building with someone for a week, shit could happen.
Right?
With that, Corbin walked out, and Alex sat there staring at his hasty retreat.
Yep.
This was all his fault.
Him trying to be sneaky had come across as him being cold. Alex really only had two temperatures.
Boiling hot.
Or icy cold.
Maybe it was because he was an agent who had to hide what he was thinking during an investigation, or maybe it was because he’d protected himself for so long by being aloof.
That came across that he didn’t care, and sometimes, people picked up on that.
Like now.
Corbin was reading the space as him not wanting to be with him, and that was anything but the truth.
Shit.
This was a mess.
He was stupid in love, and he needed to figure this out, and fast. Only, he was new to this, and he needed to get help so he didn’t ruin the best thing that had ever happened to him.
So, he picked up his phone and went into the bathroom where Corbin wouldn’t hear him talking.
