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.

him, but Hayden didn't even glance our way. He was fully focused on his task, yet

me a look, and I had to bite my lip to

"Keira, you-"

something else, but Hayden interrupted. "Ms. Kay, could you come up and check if

onto the scissor lift. As it ascended, I caught a glimpse of Demi

lift stopped, I moved closer to Hayden to see what he was working on. And when I saw the screen, I nearly

[I insist on being

what he'd been working

turned to

clearly said, 'Go

test patterns. I stood next to him, watching as he skillfully navigated the control tablet. "You're low-key slick,

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Chapter 105

that even mean?" he asked, looking

it almost made me second-guess whether I was

way sharper than he

"Is that really

I shot