You Don't Get to Choose

Before Hazel could speak, Clayton added sharply, "And don't tell me you weren't being distant. I have a heart; I can feel it."

In other words, he was telling her not to lie to him.

Hazel stared at him in silence for a while before asking, "I thought you knew?"

"No, I don't," he replied, not bothered to play around.

"I don't believe in love, and I've rejected you before already," Hazel said, lower