Chapter 24 Brielle’s POV The silence after Grandma’s comment lasted all of two seconds. Then Wren completely lost her mind. “Oh my God,” she wheezed, nearly folding forward against the table. “Even Grandma ships you two.” “Wren,” Brielle hissed, heat instantly flooding her face. “What? She said it, not me.” Grandma looked entirely unapologetic as she took another sip of wine. “I’m old, not blind.” “That somehow made it worse,” Brielle muttered. Across the table, Grandpa looked deeply exhausted already. “I knew inviting him to dinner was a mistake.” “Emotionally, maybe,” Wren agreed. “Stop saying emotionally before random words.” “No.” Brielle reached automatically for her water glass just to have something to do with her hands, only to realize too late that Thaddeus was doing

