"No, he just went from bloody kissing me to being aloof," Fallon huffed. Malou hadn't read every letter exchanged, she didn't know him as well as Fallon had come to. The sudden change in tone had to stem from somewhere, and stressing about her worrying wasn't it.

She stabbed her egg rather aggressively, wincing as her fork loudly scraped the plate. "I'm not worried, I'm pissed." He was going to change their entire ... relationship because he was concerned with her reputation, but he hadn't asked her her thoughts. He just made the decision and that was it. Nothing infuriated her as readily as that.