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

Chapter 105

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'Nothing gets past him, huh?' I thought, stepping back to break the awkwardness. "You totally overstepped just now. Wayne's technically my superior, and you went ahead and assigned him tasks?"

"He just got here. If we don't give him tasks, do you really want him giving them to us?" Hayden's comeback left me speechless.

As capable as Wayne might be, he wouldn't really get what we were doing with the adjustments right now.

"What, would you prefer working with him?" Hayden suddenly asked.

"Of course not," I said quickly, glancing at him-just in time to catch a quick smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Hayden and I kept working as usual, with Wayne keeping his distance. But then Demi came rushing over, wide-eyed. "Keira, what's going on? Is Mr. Johnston's brother here to, like, personally supervise us?"

"Yep, and he's specifically here to keep an eye on you. You'll be working with him from now on," I teased, watching Demi's eyes go wide like saucers.

"Don't do this to me! I do not want to be partnered with him. You should be the one working with him. Even if you screw up, he wouldn't dare yell at you," Demi protested.

"I disagree," Hayden cut in again.

and I turned to look at him, but Hayden didn't even glance our way. He was fully focused on his task, yet he still found time to repeat, "I disagree." His response caught

and I had to bite my

"Keira, you-"

Kay, could you come up and check if there's any

the scissor lift. As it ascended, I caught a

see what he was

read: [I insist on being

what he'd been

turned to him,

expression that clearly said, 'Go ahead, try saying yes

vanished, replaced by the regular test patterns. I stood next to him, watching as he skillfully

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Chapter 105

mean?" he asked, looking at me with such a genuinely

whole soldier vibe, it almost made me second-guess whether I

than he

that

it?" I shot