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. After

myself, but I knew I looked a mess-eyes red, face pale. That's

door shut behind him and then the room dimmed as he pulled me in, his lips

hard, his hand tangling in my hair, tilting my

of fire I'd never known, experiencing the kind of

about.

okay?" Hayden's voice was rough, shaky, right in

back to reality. Was it

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, she needed to be sure he deserved

really ready to trust Hayden

a lifetime? That felt so huge,

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Chapter 241

I didn't know

must've snapped him out of it. He gently brushed his cheek against my

racing. I didn't even know what to

rough. "It's not that I can't or that I'm not into you. I just want to wait until you're sure before we take the next step." His words made my eyes sting with all kinds of

explain it-there was this mix of

I even