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."

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

made my way over,

said with a warm smile, accepting the gift like it was the best thing he'd seen

Hayden

nodded. "Take a

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 plan to skip out. No way she was letting me dodge this

a smile, I nodded. "Of course. Hayden and I will definitely be

made it clear-if Lindey wanted me at the party, she'd have to accept that Hayden and

There'll be plenty of

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Network?

right. That was just her way of saying, 'Hayden doesn't belong here, and the

he'd always be just another

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

over at him. He was completely unbothered, as usual. "I'd love to meet some of Seavora's finest. I'm

a smirk. He

attempt to throw him off? Total fail. It was like trying to knock over a brick