Ben closed his phone, placing it aside but forgetting to remove his earphones.

When Mrs. Lucas came over, she immediately noticed. They clearly hadn't been talking, or at best, Summer had been doing all the talking while Ben wore his earphones to tune her out.

She was fuming inside, but with Summer playing along so diplomatically, Mrs. Lucas couldn't embarrass her.

"As long as you two enjoyed the conversation," she said, casting a subtle glance toward Summer. "Why don't you stay the night, dear? We have plenty of rooms, and I can prepare one for you right next to Ben's."

Though Mrs. Lucas casually suggested any room would do, she had already made up her mind to set Summer up in the room right next to Ben's.

with them staying so close, there'd be plenty of chances for those

reaction was to decline, but Summer beat him to it. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Lucas, but I think I'd better head home tonight. My parents are quite strict with curfews, even at my

grace and restraint that a

even go so far as to secretly have a child! And to top it off, the child was sick. Just a whole

out then. I'll come by to visit again soon, Mrs. Lucas," Summer said with a

quickly nudged Ben to escort her. Once Summer got into her family's car, Ben immediately

the garden to listen to all of Jamie's voice messages. In that moment, he felt an overwhelming pull to return

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