Once he'd made up his mind, he did not wait. Without a care, he opened the door of the guest room and walked directly towards where Vanessa was staying. It didn't matter if she was asleep. He'd done enough waiting.
He knocked once, and the door opened almost immediately, as though Vanessa had been standing on the other side of it.
He looked at her and the urgency to come clear seemed to overpower him. So, even as she asked him, "Why are you here?", he stepped forward and pushed her against the wall, his hands braced on each side of her.
Despite the urgency of the situation, he couldn't help but marvel at the way her eyes widened, making her look like a teenager instead of a businesswoman. Why was she panicking so cutely?
He felt a moment of discomfort then. If his guess was correct, then she had approached Elliott to help her because they had some sort of a connection. If she learned that he was not Elliott, then she might.
