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

Chapter 238

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Cole was trying to flirt, and I could totally play dumb and Ignore him, but meeting Thorsten couldn't wait.

Still, him texting this late wasn't a great sign. If I replied now, he might use it as an excuse to ask for something else. And if I said no, he could use it as an excuse to back out of our deal to meet his dad. The best move? Do what I did last night and just leave him on read.

I tuned back into my conversation with Lena, who was saying something I'd obviously missed because now she was asking. "So you two made it official and that's it? No next steps?"

"What next steps?" I asked, still half-distracted by Cole's texts.

"What do you think I mean? The next step in a relationship. Obviously, I'm talking about that," Lena said, her voice dripping with mischief.

I caught en immediately. "Hayden's a gentleman, okay?"

"Gentleman or not, he's still human, isn't he? He's gotta have desires. Or is he just not interested st

population crisis?" Lena shot back. Then she sighed and said, remember, Jace was a

you, he'll feel that urge to be with you, physically. If he doesn't, or if he can hold back without a problem, then there's a good chance he's just not that into

think he was just being respectful, like some kind of modern-day knight or whatever. Sometimes, I'd even wonder if it

I realized: he just didn't love me

me once that he wasn't interested in me like that because we were "too

to you? Or does he just not want to let you go?"

wrapped up in each other,

you know, appropriate," I

he'd want to merge with you or something, make you a part

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a glass of

just looking out for you. I don't want you to miss out something good. Hayden's got principles, but you can totally take

my water. "Wait,

just have a pure, genuine relationship? Why do I have

guy like Hayden isn't

was so invested in