“Alright, this is the part where you tie me to a chair, isn’t it?”

The early morning glow crowded into his room and caressed his beautiful back—then I felt bad about his toothbrush but it would have been cruel to put it back.

He was staring at me the entire lecture as if he were observing me

"Go now. Surprise her. There's nothing truer than the reaction you find when you surprise someone. If she screams and runs to you, all good. Screaming and running away, not so good."

Forcing her gaze downward, past the dimples and the biceps, she focused on his shirt instead. Mazel Tough, it read, and there was a Star of David where the “O” should’ve been. Clever, and also a good reminder of the many, many differences between fair-game Brandon (the sexiest Catholic in Hallandale) and off-limits Dean (her Hebrew hottie of a co-star).