Not Ready

"No, I can't... I mean, can we be like before!?" She sighed in a defeated voice. 

"What do you mean?" He raised his eyebrows in confusion at her frightened demeanor. "Isn't that what you want?"

Scarlett, "..." 

She maintained her calm face but endured the frustration in her heart as she scolded him internally. 'Damn you, Xander Riley! Can you not embarrass a woman like that!?' 

She felt like digging a hole and burying herself to avoid this heartless man!

"I mean, I'm not ready to sleep with you!" She stopped only to take a deep breath to calm her heart. "...y-you know what I mean, right?"

She felt her cheeks burn when she saw him nodding with a big smile on his handsome face.

Scarlett continued, "...Let's slow down our relationship! For now, it's better to sleep in separate rooms like before until I'm ready to sleep with you!"

Hard to believe she could say those words. Gosh!