Ian was fuming; when Mina had shot out of her chair and asked him what happened to his face, he felt butterflies in his stomach, thinking that she was concerned for him. He could feel his lips begin to curl, but Mina snatched the rug from under his feet by indicating that her concern was not for him, it was for Dom.
The same way Mina had hurt him, he wanted to hurt her, but she was not even fazed by his words. She barely showed any reaction at all, and instead of the gratification Ian was looking for, he ended up angering himself further.
Ian sat in his office, mildly aware that he had no right to feel the way he did toward Mina, just as she had no obligation to consider his emotions. However, his brain was working against him as he thought about all the things he did and continued to do in order to make her happy. He knew he sometimes did things she did not like, and he was trying hard to stop, but it seemed that it meant nothing to Mina.
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