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“No.”
“Yes.” I raised both my hands and went to shove it out of the way, but he was stronger than me, and he pushed against my hands, trapping me back against the sofa. “This is unlawful imprisonment.”
“You just committed pixelated murder. You’ll survive.”
“Unlike your pixelated twin.”
“Touché,” he replied. “But you’re still not going anywhere.”
“This is extremely rude.”
“Ellie, you’ve just created me in a game for the sole purpose of drowning me in a snowstorm—”
“To be fair, the snowstorm wasn’t part of the original plan. That’s why there was a room with just a cooker in it. I was going to burn you if you didn’t drown.”
“—And you’ve narrowly escaped breaking your toe. I’m not sure you should be unleashing your particular brand of chaos on the world today.”
My jaw dropped. “My particular brand of chaos? I take offense at that.”
“I also have a guest, and I’d prefer you not terrify him.”
“Oh,him, huh?” I raised my eyebrows, smirking slightly at him. “Isthatthe real reason you don’t want to get married?”
Max stared flatly at me. “Really? Didn’t you already bark up the wrong tree with that with Penny?”
“I’m just saying it would be an interesting plot twist.”
“I’m not in your novel, Ellie.”
“Wait, didn’t youinsistthe hero was based upon you?” I challenged. “Based on your previous logic, you absolutely are.”
He dropped his head. “Why are you so exhausting?”
“Am I exhausting or are you just exhausted by someone wittier than you?”
“Did you hear that?”
“Hear what?”
“You, tooting your own horn.”
I shrugged. “Someone has to toot my horn. Until I’m a billionaire and can buy my own band to do some tooting, I have to do it all myself.”
He rocked his head from side to side, stretching out his neck. “There’s just no arguing with you, is there?”
“I don’t know. You did a pretty good job of it yesterday.”
“Jesus Christ.”
“I’m just saying. You can’t say there’s no arguing with me when you did it yesterday. In fact, you’re sort of doing it now. If you were smart, you’d just stop talking.”
“Have you considered taking your own advice?”
“All the time. I give excellent advice.”
“That went right over your head, didn’t it?”
“No. I just chose to ignore it. Really, all this is on you. You’re the one who showed up here to apologise when you could have just left me be. I was quite happy here.”
