Grace glanced over and realized that the book he was reading was the same one she had been reading back at the hot springs resort.

She hadn't noticed before, but now it hit her—he never returned the book to her.

She frowned, "You—"

Alexander chuckled and said, "I read it for about half an hour that day. Some of your thoughts were actually pretty interesting, gave me a few new ideas. So I figured I'd keep it around and flip through it when I had ...