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

take care of yourself too," Wayne said,

Hayden, who was busy

back to work."

careful," Wayne reminded

It was like he

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

the end of the week, we were on track,

that Demi, who usually 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

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

of nowhere, Hayden, who'd barely spoken to me outside of work, messaged me just after I'd finished my cold water routine: You asleep? If not, come over. We need to talk about a

had just been those first 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

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Chapter 77

T-shirt and black cotton sleep pants. For some reason, he looked taller, which made me feel

glanced at my face, his gaze tightening for a second, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he

about to open it when he turned his screen around to show