Page 14 of Sweet Pucking Revenge (2-Hour Quickies #6)

Grayson

Seven Days Before the Big Friday Showdown

I walk into our apartment after practice and freeze. There's a metal arm moving like it's got a mind of its own, gliding a fountain pen over thick fancy paper.

"What the..." I drop my gear bag, mesmerized.

Maggie looks up from her laptop, grinning. "Like it? It’s a robotic arm. I'm using an AxiDraw V3 plotter with custom firmware. The AI analyzed Kyle's handwriting samples—pressure points, stroke patterns, even his inconsistencies. The GPT-4 natural language model helped recreate his writing quirks."

"In English?"

"The robot writes exactly like Kyle. I fed his handwriting into Adobe Illustrator, converted it to vectors, then used Python scripts to make it natural. Not perfect—perfect would look fake. Real handwriting has tiny flaws."

The mechanical precision is hypnotic. "And the paper?"

"Crane & Co., same stock Tiffany uses for love letters. Kyle's not that sophisticated, but these need to feel special."

A knock at the door interrupts us. Dorian bursts in wearing a courier uniform that looks like it came from a porn movie—short shorts, tight shirt, and a cap that says "Special Delivery" in rhinestones.

"What?" he says to our stares. "I'm method acting."

I pick up the finished letters, impressed by their authenticity. "These look real."

"Read them!" Dorian bounces on his toes. "I need to practice my reactions."

I clear my throat and read Lenora's first.

"My love, Be at my apartment Friday at 7:00 sharp. This is the moment we talked about—don’t be late for the big surprise.

Romantic, unforgettable, everything you deserve.

Use the spare key hidden in the fake rock inside the potted plant outside my apartment door (then put it back).

My sister will be there too. I’ve told her all about you—she’s dying to meet you, and I want her with us for this memory. I can’t wait."

"Now Melody's!" Dorian claps.

“Hey baby ?? Be at my place Friday at 6:45 sharp. Not early, not late!!! ?? Wear your hottest dress for the big surprise ?? Get in using the spare key hidden in the fake rock inside the potted plant outside my apartment door (put it back after!!). Invited my mom too—she’s gonna love you ?? Told her so much!

! Don’t call her ma’am tho, she hates that ?? Just call her by her first name: Lenora. ”