Cadence could hardly believe her ears. It made sense that Holland would try something like that if she had enough control over him, but to think he’d been sitting at his desk writing that horrible phrase over and over again. She buried her face in the crook of his neck, thankful they’d figured it out when they had.

“I’m sorry, Cadey.”

“It’s okay,” she whispered back, knowing it wasn’t his fault.

“Guess the joke’s on her,” Jamie said, his voice ...