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Chapter 21
Overview
Logan goes to a Sigma party determined to avoid empty hook-ups and pursue a real relationship. After rejecting Piper’s advances, he finds Grace and they share an intense kiss, but Logan stops it, insisting on a proper date. Morris, Grace’s current date, arrives, and Grace chooses to leave with him, reinforcing her boundaries.
Summary
Logan reluctantly attends a Sigma Tau party with Garrett and Hannah, vowing to avoid casual hook-ups and focus on a real relationship. Hearing from Dean that Grace is present with another guy, Logan searches the crowded house. In the kitchen, he rebuffs Piper Stevens’s persistent advances, signaling his new resolve.
After failing to find Grace downstairs, Logan spots her heading upstairs and follows. The perspective shifts to Grace, who has come with Morris and briefly stepped away. She encounters Logan in the hall, where mutual attraction surges despite her insistence that she’s not interested in rekindling last year’s hook-ups.
Pressed by desire, Logan urges a kiss, and Grace yields. Their make-out intensifies, but Logan deliberately pulls back before it becomes a hook-up, telling Grace he wants a proper date, not another meaningless encounter.
Morris appears, and Grace, flustered, introduces him to Logan. Choosing to honor her current date and the boundaries she has set, Grace leaves with Morris to rejoin the party, while Logan watches, reaffirmed in his intent to pursue a real relationship with her.
Who Appears
- John LoganDetermined to pursue a real relationship; rejects Piper; kisses Grace but stops, asking for a proper date.
- Grace IversAt the party with Morris; swept into a passionate kiss with Logan, then leaves with Morris to keep boundaries.
- MorrisGrace’s date; gaming in the den; arrives mid-encounter and escorts Grace back downstairs.
- Piper StevensFlirts aggressively with Logan in the kitchen; he firmly rejects her advances.
- Garrett GrahamDrives to the party; jokes about wooing; minimal involvement at the event.
- Hannah WellsQuestions Garrett’s frat involvement; rides with Garrett and Logan to the party.
- Dean Di-LaurentisAlerts Logan that Grace is at the party, prompting Logan’s search.
- TuckerPresent at the party; minor role in the group’s arrival.
- HollisAt the party with the team; minor presence.
- Fat TedFraternity brother hosting the gaming; his challenge highlights Morris’s skill.