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."

didn't say anything else, I turned and yanked the door shut a little

to the room I shared with Demi, I hung around in the hallway, leaning against the wall

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

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

had sent one: [Guess bad people live long lives. No major injuries, just a lot of

smiled and typed back: [Next time,

was already asleep, or back

chat and opened Steve's messages. He'd sent

ex's brains

(Gotta say, well done.]

attitude earlier, maybe you two

+25 BONUS

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needs a good beating to

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

case, would Jace eventually

her, that he'd ruined her. I typed back:

thought for a few more seconds and sent another message: [Or