 His mind was whirling and he dropped his head in his hands. He replayed his discussion with Granger in his head. He couldn’t deny the pang of rejection her words had brought out, but there was more to it. The way she looked at him, the fact that she kissed him back before pushing him away, and most importantly, the way she said "Please’, as if she meant the opposite of what she’d just said. He could feel that she wanted him just as much as he wanted her, every cell in his body was certain of it, and yet she rejected him. The conflict was clear in her voice and in her actions both, and that was his opening.