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

Chapter 211

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Yuna was Hayden's little sister, but honestly, she was more like his kid since he pretty much raised her.

Their bond was so strong, it made sense why someone as tough as Hayden got all protective and worried when it came to her.

Yuna shared a bunch of stories about them, like how Hayden built this courtyard himself, brick by brick.

She also mentioned how he used to take her fishing and grill the fish, always bragging that his cooking was top-tier-he'd perfected it just to make sure she ate well.

As Yuna shared more stories, I started to understand Hayden better-like, in a way that really tugged at my heart.

All his little quirks came from carrying the weight of responsibility and loneliness for so long.

Yuna eventually drifted off mid-conversation. Watching her sleep, I suddenly had the urge to call Hayden, to tell him that from now on, I'd take care of him for a change, instead of him always looking out for everyone else. But the feeling passed, and I didn't follow through.

Instead of calling Hayden, I dialed Lena.

"Where'd you go?" she asked, sounding totally wiped.

was up. "What's wrong? You just got out of surgery or

sick," Lena said, and those two words caught me off

she overworks, it

aren't machines-doctors get sick

anything for it?" I asked, a little

serious, just burnout," she said, but quickly changed the subject. "But where did you go? You

of person who

said. Lena knew me too well

I explained the whole situation with Yuna, but Lena went quiet for a long

to wonder if she was stuck. "What's up? You don't have any contacts

do," Lena finally said, after what felt like forever. "And based on what

Lena, I really appreciate it." I didn't

me with, "But I don't want to reach out to

totally threw

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second. "Wait, do you have some grudge against him? Or...

my teasing.

and suddenly remembered-back in college, Lena had this huge crush on

was one of those