I picked up the phone right away, “Soph, I swear, what happened today—it wasn’t me. After you said no, I dropped the whole idea.”

I didn’t want Sophia to get the wrong impression.

She paused on the other end for a second before saying, “I saw it. That news has nothing to do with me—it was someone else who leaked it.”

“Really?” I asked.

“Really, don’t worry about it. But... I think if this story keeps gaining ...