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

Chapter 159

But Lindey wasn't buying it. She gave him a little swat. "Oh, please. You think you can use Rea to get out of this? Not happening."

""Hey, Lindey." I called out.

At the sound of my voice, Lindey froze. She turned around, her eyes lighting up when she saw me, but the second she realized I had probably caught the whole intimate scene with her and Matthew, her face went bright red.

She quickly dropped Matthew's hand and made her way over to me. "Rea, you're here! Have you eaten? I'll have Isabel-"

"I've already eaten," I lied, even though my stomach was growling. It suddenly hit me that I hadn't asked Hayden if he'd eaten either.

"Why didn't you have your dinner here?" Lindey asked, sounding a little annoyed.

She was acting like Hayden wasn't even there, not a single word or glance his way. But I knew Lindey better than that-this was her very subtle way of showing her disapproval.

Still, Lindey had too much class to be totally rude. After what felt like an eternity of her ignoring him, she finally turned her attention to Hayden, "You must be Rea's friend?"

I squeezed Hayden's arm lightly, giving him the signal to step in. He caught on and greeted her politely. Hi, Mrs. Johnston."

a quick nod. "Since you're Rea's friend, you're not a stranger.

well, and I made my way over, handing him the gift with both hands.

it was the best thing he'd seen all day. Then, his

Hayden greeted, keeping

nodded. "Take

you brought your gift early doesn't mean you're off the hook for the actual party. Matthew and I still expect you there." She totally read my mind. There went my

ready. With a smile, I nodded. "Of course.

she'd have to

for a split second, but she recovered quickly. "That's great. There'll be plenty of young men from our circle attending. You all

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Network?

just her way of saying, 'Hayden doesn't belong here, and the party's gonna be full of

was, he'd always be just another worker-totally beneath

step in and save him. I wanted to see how he'd handle her

"I'd love to meet

barely hold back a smirk.

was like trying to knock over a