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

Chapter 78

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When Hayden stepped in from the balcony, he caught sight of me, asleep at my desk. The soft, warm glow from the lamp spilled over my face, and I could feel his eyes on me.

I could sense him nearby, but I couldn't bring myself to wake up.

After what felt like forever, I heard his voice-low and gentle-whispering, "Kiki..."

Kiki?!

Was he talking to me?

Yeah, he was.

Before I moved in with the Johnstons, my parents called me Kiki, not Rea. But it had been forever since anyone used that name. ""Hey, I'm Kiki."

In my dream, I saw a little girl with two buns and a chubt ce, calling out to an older boy.

The boy didn't say much, just kind of kept to himself.

Suddenly, I was that little girl, and Hayden was the boy. I was riding on his back.

nice..." I said, "There's a little black bean

That hurts," said the

Haddy. I

"Haha..."

laughing. I want to

can't marry him. You're

that boy! He's a jerk, a

jolted awake, gasping for

had dreamt of Hayden and me, and we were so little, maybe

staring into nothing for what felt like half a minute before I finally sat up. But as soon as my feet hit

last night came rushing back, and I snapped to attention, looking over at the bed. Hayden wasn't

my clothes-still on, still

the door, but not before I

couch.

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neat and orderly, just like a soldier. My first thought

was that put-together, it kinda made you

watched him silently from a few steps away, then snuck over

believe I'd actually fallen asleep here. Just the

I slipped back in, Demi was still knocked out-thank God, because she'd have had