His gaze shifted at her words, catching her eyes and holding them. Yeah he probably did deserve better but he didn't want that, he wanted her, whether she loved him back or not, well, he'd get over that. It would take time but he'd move past it.

He wanted to say that, opened his mouth to attempt to but she was still talking and facing him and dear god they were going to have this talk. She was going to tell him he was a fool, that she didn't want that, that she didn't appreciate it. His head made up a hundred and one negative reactions and it made him not want to listen.

Yet he swallowed back the lump in his throat and chewed on the last bit of his pizza and nodded. "Okay, I'm listening."

This was it. She was going to let him down gently and he was going to sit there and not say a word.