He had finally said too much. Elise felt like complete crap and his words had almost deterred her from her original purpose. Almost. As soon as she considered staying with Garrett longer and enjoying herself longer, a little voice inside insisted that she was simply delaying the inevitable. Plus, it was becoming more difficult to deny him sex. He didn't pressure her, but he had made it perfectly clear that he was more than ready to go there with her. Even though she had done some things with him and her past boyfriends, she had never truly wanted to go all the way since she was with Tommy. It wasn't even that she placed a high value on her virginity; her only requirement was that she and the guy be in love with each other and the stars had never aligned for that to be the case.
"I'm sorry that you feel that way," she said, but she only sounded slightly apologetic. "I just wish that you could understand how hard this is for me. It's not like I wanted this to be how things ended up."