Chapter 54: Cole's POV
"Invite her to the party."
Sophia said it abruptly, turning to face me with an intensity I'd never seen before.
"What?" I blinked, caught off guard.
"Invite her to the party. And Zane too. I want both of them there."
She was staring at me with focus that made something in my chest tighten. There was a sharpness in her eyes now, something calculating that hadn't been there before. Or maybe it had been, and I'd been too busy using her to notice.
"Why?" I tried to keep my voice steady. "That'll ruin your birthday. It should be all about you, not about having Zane and my obsessive ex-girlfriend there causing drama—"
"Don't worry." She stepped closer, and I saw it then—the shift. The way her mouth curved into something that wasn't quite a smile. "I have a plan for
