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

Chapter 76

Not washing my hands-that was directed at both Wayne and me.

I was cool with it, but Wayne looked a little awkward.

"I won't get sick from a little dirt," I said, trying to lighten the mood.

Hayden walked over, holding a pack of wet wipes.

Wayne reached out to grab it, but Hayden kept his grip tight. So, I just took the pack myself and handed Wayne a wipe before grabbing one for me.

"Rea, who's this?" Wayne asked, eyeing Hayden, clearly wondering why this guy wasn't exactly being friendly.

such a strong vibe

"This is Hayden Hart, our lighting engineer," I introduced him, feeling the weight of Hayden's intense gaze on me. It pushed me to add, "And this is... my friend, Wayne." "Nice to meet you," Wayne said, extending his hand to Hayden.

But Hayden just gave a nod, and before things could get me awkward, Demi jumped in, "Mr. Hart's got a bit of a germaphobia."

Wayne smiled faintly, withdrawing his hand and turning to me. "Let's sit down and eat before the food gets cold."

lips, eyeing the gnocchi. "Can I

course," Wayne said, then, trying to be polite, extended the offer

stick with my porridge," Hayden declined, already walking

smirk "Keira, I think Mr. Hart's acting like he's

gave her a thumbs-up. "You're

exchange, then said, "Mr. Hart seems to have

got a short fuse, "Demi said, her mouth full but still managing to keep talking. Fortunately, our food finally arrived. But after finishing

was more than happy to share the meal with Hayden, but he insisted

it was honestly pretty amusing. "You seem pretty cheerful. I was worried you might be feeling down," Wayne said, pulling my attention back to him. "Why would I be down?" I asked,

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the type to

that person's my

nodded. "That's the Rea

are your parents?" I asked

reached out lately. Had they finally accepted that Jace

a small smile. "Do you think they're doing

Jace are just on a break. They're convinced you'll work it out, that you're just cooling off and need some