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

forget to take care of yourself too," Wayne said, his

replied. Then I pointed toward Hayden,

back to work."

Wayne reminded me

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

distant, just working in silence. Honestly, it made things easier. We got a lot done, and at least now we had scheduled breaks to drink water. I couldn't tell

week, we were on track, but who knew what

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

I'd splash cold water on my face and dunk my feet in it,

barely spoken to me outside of work, messaged me just after I'd finished my cold

just been those first two words, I would've ignored it. But since it was work-related, I Teplied right away: [On my way.]

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Chapter 77

military green T-shirt and black cotton sleep pants.

his gaze tightening for a second, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he just stepped

when he turned his