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.

stick to playing with your wires and making that

fast darted through the

him, arms around his

barely clear the high jump, but this was a perfect 10. I latched onto him like a koala,

hands supporting my

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 gut

could be slithering around

those creepy things. I mean, even a caterpillar could

steady and started walking away from the grassy

was apologizing for, but he kept carrying

my life depended on it, until he asked, "Wanna dip your toes in

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

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left red marks.

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

suddenly realizing what he meant. I spun around to look at the barren land behind us. "Hayden, don't tell me

never imagined he'd be thinking

want it?" Hayden

blurted out, not even

face broke into a smile.