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

Chapter 204

"I don't know!" Hayden answered briskly.

I laughed. "You don't know, but you showed up at my door anyway?"

He finished chopping and tossed the veggies onto a plate. "The old lady downstairs told me. She was like, 'Your girlfriend's back.""

I froze for a second, caught off guard.

Sipping my tea, I watched Hayden work with quiet admiration.

Suddenly, he turned and caught me staring. "What? Why are you giving me that look?"

I smiled lightly. "Just wondering if you're stalking me."

His eyebrows shot up. "What?"

"I'm kidding, chill. I know you've got better things to do," I teased, wandering back into the living room.

scrolling through my phone. Before I knew it, my

and Thorsten Drago was there, telling him to

breath shaky. Hayden was leaning over me, his hand on my

couldn't shake the terror, and before I knew it, I grabbed his hand tight. "It was Darby. The guy who cornered you with his gang. He's working with Thorsten Drago. I saw him." Hayden's

whispered, still gripping his

Stay out of it. Got it?"

to get in the way, that I just wanted answers about my dad. Running into Darby

with this. Promise me you won't do anything stupid. Understand?" The edge in

the words I wanted to say stayed

the back of his hand. "Go drink

started to leave, but I grabbed his hand. "Hayden...

Corp's biggest clients, but the rumors were dark-shady deals, people disappearing, and the lengths he'd go

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softened as he looked at me. "I

made the fear fade a little. I felt

and soon he was bringing out plates of food-risotto, spinach, and chicken breast, all perfectly

but as soon as I did, the room tilted. A wave of dizziness washed over