"You don't need to worry about that. If you are being unreasonable I'll tell you. Then you can really lash out and get it over with." He wouldn't hesitate to goad her into really yelling if he knew that was what she needed. And he'd been told his personality was good for things like that.
"So does this mean you're done avoiding me?" It wasn't that big of a house really and she'd had to work very hard to accomplish it.