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

Chapter 104

""Wayne, what's going on?"

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Even though I had a pretty good idea of what was happening the second I saw him in that uniform, I couldn't help but ask. The whole situation was so absurd it almost felt like a joke.

I thought, 'Seriously? Is Hayden being in my life such a big deal that the entire Johnston family had to get involved?'

The weirdest part was Wayne had been working abroad for years. Wasn't he supposed to be heading back overseas? How did he end up at Riverwave Corp? Was he staying here for good now?

"I'm here to work, Ms. Kay. I look forward to your guidance," Wayne said, reaching out his hand, completely calm.

Even though I was totally thrown off, I reached out too, our fingers barely brushing. "Welcome, Way-"

I stopped mid-sentence, realizing I had no clue how to address him now.

Now that he was officially here for work, and technically my superior, calling him Wayne felt too casual.

call me Wayne," he said with that same warm

better to stick to clear roles and responsibilities. That's our CEO's

was in on it. He was the CEO now, after all. If it was just some random employee, maybe Jace wouldn't know, but with Wayne? No chance he was out of the loop. Wayne seemed to get what I was

never heard of in

amusement park's progress and final completion. Plus, I specialize in electrical engineering, so

rolling my eyes. Wayne being here to "help" was obviously just a cover-he was here to keep an

and Jace's perspectives, neither of them wanted me getting

out perfectly. Ms. Kay and I were just discussing speeding up the project last night. With you here, we should be able to finish

Hayden a confused look. He met my gaze and said, "Let's get

we're tackling. You're an expert in this area, so once you're up to

just assigned Wayne's tasks and made the work arrangements, shutting down any

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had to keep tabs on me and

hit me-Hayden, with his serious and distant vibe, was way more shrewd and calculating than I'd

like he wanted to say something, but Hayden didn't give