That reaction was both satisfying and not what Chris wanted. His insides were twisting this way and that, and it just wasn't going to end. There was no way to make simple of the situation where they found themselves and he desperately wished there was some way to hit a reset button and make it not an issue anymore. Yet... life wasn't that easy and here they both were trying to untangle some kind of mess when neither could see the other end.

"Yeah?" he asked shortly. "And how you do plan to do that?"