Daisy hadn’t planned on smiling this much.

It had only been a few days since she and Jordan quietly agreed they were officially together, but her mornings already felt different. She caught herself glancing at her phone before she even got out of bed, checking for his good-morning text. He always sent them—sometimes just a simple Morning, sleepyhead, other times something silly about the weather or the way he’d spilled paint in art class.

They weren’t the kind of couple to post about it. In fact, no one at school knew yet. It was theirs, and Daisy liked it that way. She liked the little secret that sat warm in...