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.

laughed. "You should probably stick to playing with your wires and

small and fast darted through the grass. I

him, arms around his neck,

could barely clear the high jump, but this was a perfect 10. I latched

supporting my waist. "What happened?" he

a snake!" I yelped, my

if I'd actually seen a snake, but that's what my gut was

what else could be slithering around in

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

steady and started walking away from

apologizing for, but he kept carrying me until we

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

him, my arms

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left red marks.

face burning with embarrassment. "Sorry," I mumbled, then hurried over to the edge of the lake, trying to pretend

water, 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,

him, completely stunned. I never imagined he'd be thinking so far

want it?" Hayden

I blurted out, not even

broke into a