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Chapter 23
Overview
Logan tackles Grace’s six-gesture challenge by writing a clumsy love poem, enduring Garrett and Tucker’s mockery but sending it anyway. Grace laughs yet softens, grading it poorly and reminding Logan of tougher tasks ahead, including elusive blue roses. With Daisy’s playful prodding, Grace admits she’s making him work—and liking it.
Summary
Logan struggles to complete Grace’s first required gesture—a love poem—while Garrett and Tucker tease him mercilessly in the kitchen. Despite their mockery and his own frustration, Logan commits to proving himself worthy of Grace and retreats to finish the poem.
Logan emails the poem to Grace and trades flirty texts. Grace grades it a D-, challenges him to create a collage next, and hints that the sixth task will be especially difficult. Logan resolves to keep pushing forward.
Shifting to Grace’s viewpoint, she laughs at the poem’s clunky car-and-hockey metaphors, but her reaction reveals lingering affection. Daisy, her roommate, discovers the poem and the six-task list, delighting in the audacity of demands like blue roses.
Grace confirms only the poem is done so far and admits she’s making Logan jump through hoops before agreeing to a date. Daisy teases Grace’s neat-freak tendencies, culminating in Grace impulsively offering to fold Daisy’s laundry, underscoring Grace’s playful mood as she enjoys Logan’s pursuit.
Who Appears
- LoganDetermined to win Grace back; writes a terrible love poem; commits to completing six romantic gestures.
- Grace IversSets a six-task challenge; laughs at Logan’s poem but warms; demands a collage and hints a tough final task.
- GarrettLogan’s friend; ridicules the poem and texts Hannah about it, highlighting team banter.
- John TuckerTeases Logan’s rhymes, reads the notepad, and jokes through the poetry attempt.
- DaisyGrace’s roommate; delighted by the six-task list, mentions blue roses, and playfully triggers Grace’s neat-freak folding.