Chapter Nineteen : Date Night

Nova – POV

“You’ve changed.”

Lena’s voice was smug, cutting through the tiny sound of my phone speaker. I watched her dramatic eye-roll on video call, paired with Katie’s side-eye from the corner of the screen.

I’d dodged their calls for days now, even weeks, successfully hiding behind internship stress or outright silence, because how do I even explain the chaos that is Grant Calloway?

It’s not just office stress. It’s Grant stress. It’s us ...