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

Chapter 146

At five in the morning, I dragged myself out of bed for a yoga session, trying to get my head in the game for my new job.

By six, after a quick shower and throwing on some clothes, I was about to make breakfast when my phone buzzed.

It was a text from Hayden.

[Breakfast's ready. Key's by your door.]

I blinked at the message, totally caught off guard. Was he serious? I opened my door, and yep, there was the key. I grabbed it and headed over to Hayden's place, finding breakfast all set up.

Last night, I didn't exactly have the willpower to turn him down. Plus, the food looked way too good to pass up, so I stayed and "helped" him finish dinner.

But now, what was up with this breakfast? Was he trying to be my personal chef or something?

It was cool having someone take care of me like this, but it also felt kinda weird to just go along with it.

So I shot him a text: [What's this? Looking for a side hustle?]

back: [Yep, just throw me some cash, whatever feels

knew how to

he meant, so I took a second and replied: [You're overstepping. We're just pretending to be a couple,

for you while it lasts. Otherwise, as your fake boyfriend, I'll

it. You're just here for the act- nothing more. My life and health are my business. And about the cooking? This is

to his care when I knew it wouldn't lead anywhere. He needed to understand that too, so he

ate the breakfast, and yeah, it was amazing. It gave me the boost I needed to get through the

work, I couldn't shake the worry that the company hadn't called to cancel my

kind of killed my mood,

as soon as I walked in, shaking my hand with this ridiculously warm

me, so I decided to cut to the chase. "Mr. Shane, I

a little surprised, and

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a bit, which got me even more curious. "But you don't seem like you're planning to let me

fire you?" Ron asked, throwing the question