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

Chapter 36

I never thought in my wildest dreams that a guy I'd only met twice would want to marry me. Meanwhile, the guy I'd loved for ten years was secretly seeing someone else. After a moment of shock, I smiled at Hayden. "Isn't this a bit too sudden?"

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Hayden stayed serious. "Isn't dating supposed to lead to marriage? Since you don't want to date, let's just get married."

'He has a point. But seriously, who casually suggests marriage to someone they barely know?

This might work in fiction, but this was real life.

I raised an eyebrow, smirking. "Do you propose this quickly to every girl you meet?"

The setting sun cast long shadows, and Hayden's shadow wrapped around me. "You're the first."

A tickle of discomfort rose in my throat. "We... don't know each other well."

Hayden didn't say anything more, and we stood there in silence. Heat crept over my skin, and even my nose started to sweat.

As I nervously scratched at the wall behind me, trying to come up with something to say, Hayden broke the silence. "I'm heading out to buy the fish."

don't eat cilantro." I

just nodded

straight posture. At

a marriage with someone like

tested by the nation, probably tough enough to handle anything life threw

to the rented place, Macy was nowhere to be found. Otherwise, she would've cornered me with questions or tried to sell me on Hayden's

open the door to my room, and

was a

new discoveries?" Lena's voice sounded tired. She wasn't called a medical prodigy for nothing, often spending five to six

lay on the bed, thinking back over the day's events. Finally, I replied to Lena, "Does a romantic encounter count as a

instantly perked up like she'd

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and told her about

"Rea, when one door closes, another

be sure it's a door? Besides, I'm not in the right time

only mean one thing: he fell for you at first

"Why not just say he finds