Chapter 4

So maybe there was a slight whine in his voice – which definitely wasn't helped by the deep sound of Theodore's amused laughter in his ear – but he'd literally just started talking to his best friend.

He wanted to know if everything had gone well with Theodore's presentation.

"It's Jonas's birthday, he can talk to whoever he wants for as long as he wants.

And you can call Theodore tomorrow and even get to see him again on Monday.

I know it must be incredibly hard," there was no mistaking the teasing tone in his mother's voice, "but I'm…