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

Chapter 106

I obediently stayed still and held onto Hayden even tighter.

Thump, thump...

His heartbeat was strong in my ear, and that's when it hit me-I was practically glued to his chest.

But fear had taken over everything else, and I couldn't even bring myself to care.

I clung to him like my life depended on it, convincing myself that if I held on tight enough, I'd know for sure it wasn't me moving-it was just the lift swaying. After what felt like forever, the shaking finally stopped, but I didn't let go until his voice cut through my thoughts. "Looks like you've got a new co-worker."

I blinked, slowly pulling away, and looked down to see what he was talking about. When I realized who it was, I froze.

Shock turned into a rush of anger as I slammed the button to lower the lift.

When we touched down, Tanya was standing there, wearing her usual fake innocent smile. "Ms. Kay."

the mood for her games. "What are you doing here?" I asked, not even bothering to hide the edge

yet, and half the safety checks weren't done. If anything happened to

response floored me. "I'm

her, sure I'd misheard.

Johnston asked me to come. He said I should oversee

cool. Everyone was staring at me, shocked. Tanya wasn't alone-she had the project manager with her,

mean it's completely inappropriate for a pregnant woman like you to be here," I said, already pulling out my phone

course, he didn't pick up right away. It wasn't until the call was about to end that his voice finally came

you send Tanya here?" I asked, cutting straight to the

beat around the bush-I say

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to work. Didn't she tell you?" Jace responded,

seriously think it's a good