Fallon folded her arms and held them tight against her chest, her hands clenched into tight fists. Whatever he'd done. Merlin, he had forced the conclusion of whatever they were, and he didn't even know it? She bit the inside of her lip to refrain from screaming a long list of obscenities at him. Not only were they at work, but the scream wouldn't be productive.

"What part of 'I would like to get to know you better' says I'm not interested?" Fallon said hotly. Marriage was a lot, and something she had never really thought of herself doing. In fact, she had plans to live with Malou as long as her roommate remained unwed before finding a flat of her own and hiring a cook. Nothing in her plan involved a man.

Sending her first furious look towards him, Fallon quickly continued, "I wasn't ready to be engaged. And instead of understanding you took that as, what, an insult? Did you have a grand wish to marry me after having only spoken to me in person thrice?!"