Their eyes locked, and the silence between them grew heavy. The distress in Ethan's face shook Madisyn to her core. His expression was a mix of hurt, anger, and something else—disappointment, maybe.
"I... I don't understand what happened," he finally said, his voice low and pained. "Last week, you were teasing me in my office, and now you're speaking to me like this. I don't think you know what you want either. And you really need to stop thinking I'm the same as my brother."
"Alright," Madisyn replied, her voice hardened. "Then tell me, what do you plan for us? To keep hiding from everyone at work? To stop talking every time someone crosses the hallway? Or maybe just... hook up whenever we feel like it because you don't want a real relationship ? It's a lost situation no matter how I look at it, Ethan. I'm not putting myself in a position that will just hurt me in the long run. Do you understand that?"
