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

Chapter 77

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I just smiled. "In my next life, I'll be born as their daughter. Then we can actually be real siblings."

Wayne's smile wavered, but he quickly nodded toward the gnocchi. "Eat a little more. You've been losing weight." "Okay," I replied, digging into the gnocchi in front of me.

Wayne kept watching me the whole time. I finally had to stop when I was too full, so I sipped on some soup instead.

"Jace still cares about you," Wayne said, trying to sound casual. "He even made cucumber soup for you, pretending it was from my mom."

I forced a small smile. "Better late than never... but barely."

The sore inside my mouth made eating a struggle, so I packed up the leftover gnocchi and soup. "Thanks for coming, Wayne. Let your parents know I'll visit them once this project's wrapped up."

I gestured around the amusement park. "We're supposed hasn't even been tested yet. It's insane."

inish in less than a month, but the lighting

mentioned it, but don't forget to take care of yourself too," Wayne said, his voice full

toward Hayden, who was busy nearby, and added, "I

back to work."

careful," Wayne

lunch that day and barely said a word to me all afternoon. It was like he was mad at me, but

more distant, just working in silence. Honestly, it made things easier. We got a lot done,

end of the week, we were on track, but who knew what was coming

can't miss her favorite shows, would crash the second she got home. But I couldn't do that. Every night, I had to review and summarize the day's test results, usually

too tired, I'd splash cold water on my face and dunk my feet

work, messaged me just after I'd finished my cold water

two words, I would've ignored it. But since it was work-related, I Teplied right away: [On my way.] Thankfully, I was still awake enough to grab my laptop and head over, I knocked on his

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Chapter 77

was wearing a military green T-shirt and black cotton sleep pants. For

face, his gaze tightening for a second, but he

his screen around to show me. "Check these spots I marked.