When they were dating... Jasper watched the traffic ahead and said that on instinct, without giving it any thought. The moment the words left his mouth, he realized what he'd said. Too late to take it back. Wren fell silent. To be fair, she and Jasper really had dated once. It was just so brief that it barely counted as a relationship. Back in their senior year of high school, someone reported them for secretly dating. Helen believed the rumor, slapped Wren in front of a crowd, then went home and searched through her diary. Wren had been furious. Furious enough to rebel. If everyone was determined to accuse her of dating anyway, then she might as well do it for real. Looking back now, it seemed unbelievably childish. But at that time, she really had gone to find Jasper and asked

