She wanted to protest, wanted to prove to him that she did, in fact, want it, but Melody knew he wouldn't believe her. He would see her doubts and insecurities and it would further push him away. If he left tonight, though, what then? Would he find some other woman tomorrow or the day after? Would he flirt with some fresh debutante come June and repeat their history with someone else? There was little hope for them, she knew, but that knowledge didn't inherently mean she wanted him to find love elsewhere.

Why insist they stay together if he wasn't even willing to try?

"You'll tell me when you do?" She asked, looking at him for perhaps the first time that evening. "I do want to...tonight was just a bit much..." Melody quickly added with a slight blush. Ben couldn't leave thinking she had no desire for him, as that would surely push him into the arms of another lover.