Chapter 90

If I could've disappeared on the spot, I would've done it in a heartbeat.

But I couldn't.

And I knew that the longer I dodged this, the more Hayden would overthink it.

He was the type who never held back-always said whatever popped into his head, no matter how bold or out-of-line it was. He didn't treat me like an outsider, that was for sure.

With that in mind, I forced myself to look up casually. "Really? Words alone don't prove anything."

"Mm," Hayden hummed, taking a sip of water. "I can-"

The second he started, alarms went off in my head. "Hayden, shut up."

I surrendered..

"I was going to say, if you need proof, I can go to the hospital," Hayden finished.

Even though it sounded innocent, it still felt loaded with all sorts of hidden meanings.

Why would I need him to prove anything? I wasn't his girlfriend.

"Save that proof for your future wife," I shot back, standing up abruptly and heading to the restroom.

Just as I rounded the corner, a hand grabbed my arm, and the familiar scent told me who it was before I even turned around.

it's a bit much to be having lunch with a lighting engineer in a place

of him, and I couldn't help but laugh. "Are we

veins popping. "If you're gonna find a guy, at least

everything he said

was meant to

from Cambridge. How many of those do you have?" I shot back, not

background this morning after digging

a successful CEO, but his academic record was nothing to brag about. On that front, he

That was why he'd inherited his dad's company, and in

But Jace was too proud, always focused on his own accomplishments, never

Chapter 90

your eves, am I really

""You're not

someone I'd loved for ten years. If he was terrible, then what did that

added, knowing exactly how much

pain. Just thinking about how

I said, we're done. Who I eat with, what I do-it's none of your

"If you want to prove your worth, then

care? And here's a reminder

paused, then added with a smirk, "Though I guess

struggling to come up with a

yanked my arm free from his grip

of the mirror, staring at my

over, his hurtful words still managed

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