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

Chapter 241

My past with Jace had left some serious scars. I needed to know-was I really that unappealing? Like, was I the kind of girl who could be held like this without him feeling anything? Someone he could resist without even breaking a sweat? "Hayden," I whispered, my hand sliding up his back, pulling him closer through his shirt. My nails dug in a

little..

His whole body went stiff, and he sucked in a breath. "Kiki..."

I pressed against him, knowing he could feel how soft I was under this nightgown, fresh from the shower.

If he could still walk away now, then yeah, I'd have to accept I was a complete failure.

"Kiki," he said, voice tight, before suddenly pulling away, His hands gripped my shoulders, head down, breathing like he'd just run five miles.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and I could see he was shaking.

He looked like he'd just crossed a finish line, exhausted.

Twasn't much better. I'd made this move, and now I felt both embarrassed and bold as hell.

"It's late," Hayden muttered, stepping back and turning like he was ready to bolt.

A cold rush of anger and humiliation hit me. "Hayden, it's this late and you're really leaving? Is it that you can't, or that you just don't want me?"

froze, one foot already out the door.

but I knew I looked a mess-eyes red, face pale. That's what happens when you feel wrecked and

intense and stormy. In one smooth move, he kicked the door shut behind him

my hair,

was wrapped up in a kind of fire I'd never known, experiencing the

about.

was rough, shaky, right

words snapped me back to reality. Was

had started to change. My mom had given me the talk-about my body, about relationships, about boys. She said a girl shouldn't let a guy touch her unless she was ready to trust him with her whole life. And before making that call,

ready to trust Hayden with my whole

but a lifetime? That felt so

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didn't

of it. He gently brushed his cheek against

was racing. I didn't even know what to

I'm not into you. I just want

it-there was this mix of being touched, excited, embarrassed, and a little hurt,

I even