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

Chapter 155

I shook my head, "Who the father is... well, that's her business. If you're that curious, why don't you just ask her yourself?"

Demi snorted. "Yeah, right. I don't have time for that drama. I'd rather spend my free moments swooni over Mr. Hart."

Hearing Hayden's name made me glance at the clock. He still wasn't back. Casually, I asked, "So, are y calling me after work now? Or sneaking off to the restroom again to avoid it?" "Keira! What do you take me for? I'm not that kind of person!" Demi protested. "Besides, Mr. Hart's beer surprisingly chill lately-he let us off early again today.

"Oh, really? How long ago?"

"Like, half an hour. I'm already home, chilling on the couch.

As Demi kept talking, I did the math on Hayden's commute. He should've been back by now.

But his place was still dead quiet. Maybe he got held up.

"You guys are finishing work this early and not doing any OT? Are you sure the project's gonna be done c time?" I asked.

There was a pause, then I heard what sounded like Demi swallowing, probably drinking water or munchir on something. "Mr. Hart said it would be."

you believe him? Don't let him fool you," I warned. "If it doesn't get done by the deadline, you're the one who'll get penalized. They'll

twice. "I think we'll be fine. We're already testing in Section D, and everything's running smooth-no new issues so far. Honestly, it's just been about checking

tongue. "It's so weird, though. When you were still around, there

Mr. Hart's hotel room to fix

goes wrong so I can... you know.... hehehe." She was

totally drition in

bad omen, Mr. Hart and I never clicked, so we had constant issues. But now that I'm out of the picture, everything's perfect." "Hmph," Demi sounded unconvinced. "You're not fooling me. I think there's something going on between you two. Come on, be real-did you and Mr. Hart have a little... secret arrangement?" Thinking of our fake relationship, I folt a twinge of guilt but quickly shut it down. "You're

did happen between you and Mr. Hart, I'd totally support it,"

so stop making

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said, her voice all

played dumb. "Oh,

he's looking into his father's death." Demi's voice dropped. "Do you know

a place, I had

he died in a car

Just hearing about Hayden's situation

some excuse to end the call. After I hung up, I just sat there, staring at the family photo on the wall. It was from years ago-me and my parents, all smiling like nothing could ever go wrong. But then a thought crept in, one I