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."

the gnocchi. "Can I have

said, then, trying to be polite, extended

my porridge,"

think Mr. Hart's acting like

a thumbs-up. "You're spot

exchange, then said, "Mr. Hart

full but still managing to keep talking. Fortunately, our food finally arrived. But after finishing the gnocchi and cucumber soup, I wasn't really in the mood to eat anything else.

he insisted she go ahead without him since he had to

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, taking another bite of

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the type to

heartbreak. When I'm in love, that person's my whole world.

"That's the Rea I

your parents?" I asked

they hadn't reached out lately. Had they finally accepted that Jace and I were done? That didn't seem

me a small smile. "Do you think

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