“How do you know that?” His smile grew. “Because I talked to him last night.” I felt my eyes bug out of my head. “You … did?” “He called me after you and I spoke.” “And you didn’t tell me? You’re the worst bestie cousin in the entire universe, you know that?” He laughed. “Listen, after Declan and I hung up, Eve needed to be put to bed, and then I found myself in the middle of something.” “Ahhh, Sydney. Enough said.” When he didn’t respond, I added, “No need to say more about the Sydney part. You need to tell me everything about your conversation with Declan.” “Do I, huh?” He winked. “Ford—” “All right, all right.” He grabbed his coffee and came around to my side of his desk, sitting in the chair next to mine. “He explained that he intended to wait until your internship was over be

