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

Chapter 256

Hayden and Ron? Together?

And that last name... Hart?

All these thoughts slammed into my brain like a freight train.

I'd had my doubts before. I'd tried to connect the dots, but they both played it off like I was imagining things. But now, seeing them here, there was no denying it "Hayden!" I called out

Both Hayden and Ron turned toward me.

I was half-crouching by the pond, so they didn't see me at first. Ron even nudged Hayden and said, "Who's calling you? I thought I heard-

Before he could finish, Hayden spotted me and walked over. "You almost fell in," he said, reaching out his hand. I thought he was going to help me up, so I started to grab it.

But instead, he just scooped me up like I weighed nothing and carried me away from the pond. "Aren't you supposed to be having lunch with Mrs. Johnston? What are you doing here?"

Seriously? We were at a restaurant. What did he think I was doing here, feeding the fish?

little flustered. It took me a second to get my bearings. I glanced at him, then at Ron, who was standing nearby with a teasing smile, clearly entertained. "You two... know each other?" I

"So, Ms. Kay's boyfriend is Mr. Hart. That means he came for a job interview with us because someone had referred him. Was that you,

made it clear

all sounded so reasonable. I had mentioned OceanixCorp vacancy to Hayden before, but this was happening way

seemed totally unfazed, though his voice dropped a little as he said, Someone's been paying a lot of attention to my girlfriend. Thought I'd stick

I was speechless.

Hayden's voice was quiet, Ron caught on and laughed. "Ms.

Hayden got the

it made sense with his experience, but this seemed way too easy. Easy enough

I look forward to working with you," Hayden

shake it, but Ron jumped in, grinning. "With you

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for

a hin hug.

+25 BONU

I was speechless. Again.

smile, and the next thing I knew, he was pulling me into