"Don't act like I'm sending you mixed signals," Elsie shot back. "I was making sure you were aware of the boundaries because I didn't want you to start thinking we were something we're not. I didn't want to miscommunicate." She closed whatever gap remained between the two of them and looked up at him, her expression heated. "I don't get what you were so upset about in the first place, just because I was setting the record straight--so, yes, I did it to piss you off."