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

Chapter 234

The world went dark under Hayden's touch, but I felt strangely calm.

His warmth, his closeness-it was more comforting than any light could be..

"Wish for anything. From now on, I'm here, and I'm gonna make your wishes come true," he murmured in my ear, his voice low and soothing. The soft music playing in the background seemed to ease the tightness in my chest, bit by bit.

A wish?

What was there left to wish for?

After my parents died, I stopped making wishes altogether.

Then I had Jace, and I guess all I wanted was for us to last. But that was more of a hope than a real wish. And now, if I had to wish for something...

I dug deep, trying to figure out what I truly wanted, but even I didn't know.

Eventually, I thought of my parents, of the accident, and whispered, "I wish I could find out the truth about my parents' car crash,"

*Ill make it happen," Hayden said, no hesitation at all.

his hands away from my eyes. "Then why bother with wishes? I could just

you wasted a perfect chance," he teased, lightly tapping my

believing in that stuff a

glittering lights outside. "After my parents died, I stopped believing

way back to my head, this time gently rubbing

1. on.

wanted to be my guardian,

what he didn't get was, I

kept changing, never repeating the same pattern, always surprising, always magical. Just the lighting alone had cost a third of the

up in the moment. "There's even better coming up." Hayden said, his confidence

breathtaking, each display more stunning than the last. I was so mesmerized by the show, I didn't even notice when Hayden wrapped his arms around me from behind. I'd almost forgotten about Jace

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ready to share my excitement with Hayden, but

cabin, just staring at me. I couldn't

calm-too calm, like all the life had

whole body went

of my life. I couldn't just see him as some stranger,

soft, almost hypnotic voice of his, he whispered