“I just wanted to touch your hair!” he yelled, realizing how absolutely insane he sounded. “I know I’m crazy. I know—” “You never wanted me.” Madden removed the earrings. “You’ve never thought of me as a person, let alone a partner. You were just going to take what you wanted and then walk away like nothing even happened.” “That isn’t true,” he insisted. “Yes, it started out that way, but—” “Take these back.” He held out his hand, clutching the earrings in a tight fist.