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

Chapter 242

[Good night, my girlfriend!]

Hayden's text came in like half an hour later.

What took him so long? Was he, like in those cheesy romance novels, taking a cold shower to cool off or something?

Thinking about how we'd hit the brakes earlier made me blush like crazy, so I didn't even text back.

I barely slept that night. Maybe I should've taken a cold shower too because I was all kinds of restless, like there was this weird energy buzzing under my skin.

I guess once you crack open the door to, you know, desire, it's kinda hard to shut it again. I learned that the hard way.

I was up early the next morning, but Hayden beat me to it. He was already out running.

The guy's stamina was insane. Seriously, where does he get all that energy?

I bet a guy like him would be... intense in bed too.

I couldn't stop thinking about it, like I was under some kind of spell or something.

And you know who's to blame for this? Lena, with her terrible advice last night!

I didn't care how early it was; I grabbed my phone and texted her: [Hungry? Get up and have breakfast with me.]

last night, but I'd been

would've already been whipping up

to avoid

totally dramatic, but

years, and last night was a first for me. Even though nothing actually happened, it somehow felt

they take that final step? Do they wake up the next morning as confused as I feel right now? Ugh, I'm really

I hit send, Lena's video call popped up, like she'd been waiting for me to freak out. I hadn't even lifted my fingers off the phone

last night, huh?" she teased, wasting no

starving this early?" I shot back,

white coat on, smirked. "What happened last night? Spill. I need some drama to kickstart my day."

+25 BONUS

I rolled

don't you

my sacred

I stood up. "You're at the hospital, right?

some

I hung up and took a deep

didn't look half bad. My skin was glowing, and

dark

this what they call the in

quickly freshened up, got dressed, and carefully cracked open the door, trying to sneak out without

Perfect!

just as I let out a sigh of relief and headed toward my car, I heard Hayden's voice cut through the morning mist. "Going somewhere this early?" I