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

Chapter 263

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I watched him, his face all flushed, a couple of beads of sweat on his nose. I couldn't help but smile.

He turned away, clearly trying to recover, so I focused back on the road, deciding not to push my luck.

The whole "hard" thing had left us both too stunned to speak.

After a few awkward minutes, I remembered what he said about spending time together and decided to break the silence. "So, where do you wanna go?" "Do you have plans this afternoon?" Hayden asked.

"Nope!" I answered way too fast, sounding like I was way too excited or something.

Hayden's serious look melted into a smile. "Cool. I've got somewhere I wanna take you."

I decided to stay quiet this time, trying to play it cool.

"I'll set the navigation. Just follow it," he said, like I'd already agreed.

We ended up on the outskirts of town, in this remote area with nothing but overgrown grass and a shimmering in the distance.

"What are we doing here? Thinking of clearing some land and starting a farm?" I joked.

Hayden looked around and, to my surprise, said, "Yeah.

to playing with your wires and making that million-dollar

something small and fast darted

knew it, I was launching myself at him, arms around his neck, legs

the high jump, but this was a perfect 10. I latched onto him like a koala, no way I

hands supporting

snake! There's a snake!" I yelped, my voice

wasn't even sure if I'd actually seen a snake, but that's what my

what else could be slithering around in this

terrified of those creepy things. I mean, even a caterpillar could

held me steady and started walking

but he kept

was still in shock, clinging to him like my life depended on it, until he

realized I was practically strangling him, my arms wrapped around his neck

t

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left red marks.

go and slid down from him, my face burning with embarrassment. "Sorry," I mumbled, then hurried over to the edge of the lake, trying to pretend I wasn't totally mortified. Hayden followed me closely. "Yuna

land behind us. "Hayden, don't tell me you're planning to-" Before I could finish, he nodded. "When we get married, I'll turn this into your own hidden

stunned. I never imagined he'd

want it?"

I blurted out, not even

face broke into a smile.