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

of yourself too," Wayne said, his voice full

Then I pointed toward Hayden, who was busy nearby,

back to work."

careful," Wayne reminded me

touch his lunch that day and barely said a word to me all afternoon. It was like he was mad at me, but I had no

it made things easier. We got a lot done, and at least now we had scheduled

were on track, but

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 staying up till 11

I got too tired, I'd splash cold water on my face and dunk my feet in it, shocking

me just after I'd finished my cold water routine: You asleep? If not,

it. But since it was work-related, I Teplied right away: [On my way.]

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Chapter 77

T-shirt and black cotton sleep pants. For some

a second, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he just stepped aside to

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