Full stop!

Little did Victoria know that Mark was already hurting. It seemed that every time he was with Juliette the more intense and desperate his feelings for her became.

And as serious as his feelings were, the further away she had seemed to put herself from him. That sharp put-down when his mother had suggested that they share a room ratcheted up the emotional barrier between them. His non-relationship with Juliette had become quite unbearable and yet again he decided that for his sanity, and thinking about it possibly his safety too, he would have to stop seeing her.