LILA 

I'm still stunned, just staring at the card like it might bite me. Did Rafael really send this? Did he really ask me out on a date?

Is he seriously playing the gentleman card right now?

"I don't know, Ava," I mutter, my voice barely catching up with my thoughts. "I'm just as stunned as you are."

My eyes flick from the flowers to the card, then to her wide-eyed expression. We're both standing there like we just saw a ghost in Gucci.

Ava snatches the card again, rereads it, then slowly turns her head to look at me. "What's really going on? Like, how the hell did you...