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

Chapter 119

As soon as the word left my mouth, Hayden's grip tightened. His eyes narrowed, and for a split second, I saw something flicker in them before it disappeared. Then, just like that, he let go, and the pressure on my hand vanished.

I quickly stepped aside, rubbing the spot where his grip had stung. "I made all the changes you asked for. Do you want to check them now?"

Hayden didn't budge, still lounging in the chair with his eyes shut. "No need. You should get some rest."

"Oh... Goodnight," I mumbled, turning to go..

"Kiki," Hayden suddenly called out.

I froze mid-step. Did he just call me...?

Kiki...

That was my childhood nickname. The only people who ever called me that were my parents when they were alive, and Lena sometimes-but even she usually calls me Rea. But I heard him clearly-he just called me Kiki.

I spun around, staring at him in shock. "What did you just say?"

"Nothing," he replied, still with his eyes closed. "Just... make sure you close the door properly."

anything else, I turned

heading straight back to the room I shared with Demi, I hung around in the hallway, leaning against the wall to steady my breathing

down, I couldn't shake the image of Hayden's eyes locked on mine or the feeling of him half-embracing me as he opened the document on his laptop. Eventually, I had to give myself a little smack on the forehead to snap out of it and force myself to head back to my room. I flopped onto the bed, hoping

from spiraling, I grabbed my phone and saw a bunch of

[Guess bad people live long lives. No major injuries, just

typed back: [Next time, I'll

reply. Maybe she was already asleep, or back

and opened Steve's messages. He'd

blew your ex's brains out.

(Gotta say, well done.]

this kind of attitude earlier, maybe you

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needs a good

Steve's last message, Tanya's soft, pitiful face popped into my mind. She always looked like that around me-probably

that's the case, would Jace eventually get

her, that he'd ruined her. I typed back: [Steve, does Jace owe Tanya

was late, and Steve didn't reply. I thought for a few