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 have

then, trying to be polite, extended the offer to

my porridge,"

a smirk "Keira, I think Mr. Hart's acting like he's got a serious stick up his

a thumbs-up.

chuckled at our exchange, then said, "Mr. Hart seems

her mouth full but still managing to keep talking. Fortunately, our

he insisted she go ahead

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 gnocchi and chasing it with a sip of

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the type to

in love, that person's my whole world. But when it's over, they're

the Rea

parents?"

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

smile. "Do

kept going. They still think you and Jace are just on a break. They're convinced you'll work it out, that you're just cooling off and need some space." So that's