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

Chapter 117 Chapter 117

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Usually, Hayden treats me pretty well, so I figured he wouldn't act any different with Demi, right?

I mulled it over for a bit before deciding to head to Hayden's room, waiting a good twenty minutes just to be safe. He'd told me to wait ten, probably because he needed to shower and change. When he opened the door, I wasn't surprised to see his hair still damp and him dressed in loose clothes, hotel slippers on his feet.

"Come in," he said, as brief as ever.

I immediately noticed his laptop open on the desk. Skipping the small talk, I went straight for it. "What's the new issue?"

"It's in a document on the desktop. Open it and take a look," Hayden replied, just as the kettle clicked off.

I sat down and logged onto the desktop, expecting it to be all neat and organized, given his personality. But nope-it was a chaotic mess of documents and files.

Good thing I'm not squeamish about clutter, or I might've passed out right then.

Staring at the overwhelming sea of icons, I had no choice but to ask, "There's so much stuff here. Which one is it?"

named YLC,"

but after all that drama I'd been binge-watching, my eyes were probably too tired to focus.

can't find it," I said, turning to

making tea-chamomile, with honey, judging

he said, heading over. But just as he got close, his phone buzzed. He glanced at the

nodded, using the break to search for the

the call. I couldn't catch the other person's voice, but I heard Hayden's sharp response: "We signed the contract. No changes, and no, compensation isn't happening... Yeah, it's non-negotiable." He ended the call so fast, I hadn't even made a dent in sorting through the chaotic

the problem-it was that every file name looked like

with a cup of tea, placing it next to me.

take a sip, I felt a sudden tension behind me. His arm came around me, almost like a half-hug, as he pointed at

dangerously close, the kind of voice that would

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near, I could practically feel his chin hovering over my head. If I even breathed too deeply, we'd be

fresh shampoo-was dizzyingly

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