" Jesus, Ban,” he says softly but with intensity. “I call and text every day and you ignore me, so I give you space. I lie back as long as I can stand it so you can sort this shit out with Zo, and you assume I don’t want you? What the hell?” Welcome to the female mind. Hope you enjoy your stay. He crosses over to the recliner where I’m seated and takes my hand. “Do you know why I came here tonight?” he asks, stroking the lifeline of my palm with the pad of his thumb. “No,” I whisper and look up to find an emotion so naked on Jared’s face I almost don’t recognize him. “Why’d you come?” “To make sure he didn’t forgive you. "
― Kennedy Ryan , Block Shot (Hoops #2)