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

and fast darted through the grass. I let out

was launching myself at him, arms around his neck,

was a perfect 10. I latched onto him like a koala, no way I was letting

caught me, his hands supporting

snake!" I yelped,

a

could be slithering around in this wild, overgrown

of those creepy things. I mean, even a

walking away from the grassy

what exactly he was apologizing for, but he kept carrying me

clinging to him like my life depended on it, until he asked, "Wanna dip your

was practically strangling him, my

t

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left red marks.

the edge of the lake, trying to pretend

a little garden with flowers..." I trailed off, suddenly realizing what he meant. I spun around to look at the barren land behind us. "Hayden, don't tell me you're planning to-" Before I could finish, he nodded.

stared at him, completely stunned. I never

you want

blurted out, not

into