Annie quirked a little half-smile at her. "Yeah, it was supposed to freak him out, but all it did was give him like, the idea, I think. But that's where I froze."

She blew out a little breath. "But then Queen Maeve -- like, my idol since I was, like, thirteen -- walked in on us, and he left, so...she kinda saved me."

So Annie hadn't had to make a decision at all, which had actually sort of made the following weeks after even messier for her, in terms of feelings and certainty about what she would have done if Maeve hadn't shown up then.