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

pointed toward Hayden, who was busy nearby, and

back to work."

careful," Wayne reminded

day and barely said a word to me all afternoon. It was like he was mad at me, but I had no clue what I'd done

easier. We got a lot done, and at least now we had

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

But I couldn't do that. Every night,

splash cold water on

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

I Teplied right away: [On my way.] Thankfully, I was

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Chapter 77

pants. For

but he didn't say anything. Instead,

my laptop down and was about to open it when he turned his screen