Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 32

"Hayden, this is the girl I mentioned who wants to switch rooms. Can you two discuss it?" Macy's voice cut through the staring contest between Hayden and me.

I stepped forward. "Hi, I'm Keira Kay. Would you mind switching rooms with me?"

"Hayden Hart, and no." He dismissed me as fast as he'd washed his hair earlier.

My lips twitched in irritation, my stubborn side kicking in. "Why not?"

Hayden glanced at me but didn't answer. He just slung an army-green towel over his shoulder and walked past me, sending a chill through me.

Macy came over. "Hey, Keira. Don't be upset. Hayden isn't good at sweet-talking girls. I'll talk to him later."

My temper flared, and I raised my voice on purpose. "No need. It's just a room. Whoever wants it can have it."

cy pulled me aside. "Don't be so harsh. He's an ex-soldier. If you push him too far, he might carry you out and toss you outside."

at myself. How could I mistake an ex-soldier for a freshly released

Molly Ruth, kept banging his door until he finally wrapped her up in a sheet and

she make it into his bed?" I

but she didn't get that far. He tossed her out before she

"Don't worry, I'm not

as I said that, Hayden showed up, now wearing a black T-shirt and a black leather

this

"Yeah," he replied curtly.

late. I have to lock up, and it wouldn't be good if a thief got in..." Her

head back to my room, Macy added, "Hayden's a good guy, really upright. Any girl who ends

felt pretty beat up from past heartbreak,

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+15 BONUS

I turned around. "Yes?"

around his room? If you like it, I can talk to him again tomorrow." She seemed determined to help. I smiled.