Did a boy inspire this?” “No!” Sophie said, probably too quickly. “I just . . . wanted to get to know Jolie—and Brant,” she added, pointing to the letters. Grady’s brows crunched together, and he opened his mouth to say something. Then shook his head. “What?” “Nothing. It’s late. We can talk more in the morning.” “Uh, you know I’m imagining a billion terrible things now, right?”

