Chapter 162

“Hi,” I say, but then it hits me—it’s the middle of the night, and I shouldn’t be calling anyone this late, especially not someone I barely know. “I’m so sorry. I don’t know what came over me. I’ll hang up the phone now.”

Before I can move my thumb to end the call, Dom’s voice comes through the line. “Don’t hang up.”

The way he says it—easy, like we talk all the time—makes me pause. I stare at the