"Why do you think your assumptions about me have been any more accurate than mine about you? You don't know me at all. I never asked you to make any of those promises," he pointed out. "The only one making these silly rules is you. So if you want to continue with them and hold grudges we can, but don't think it has anything to do with me or who I am."

He offered a cautious smile. "Alternatively, you can not make decisions for me and we can try this again. You're the girl who is allergic to avocados and seems to like strawberries. I'm the guy who doesn't want you to go into Anaphylactic shock and has promised to remember so you can have a nice time should you ever come to his bar."