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.

"You should probably stick to playing with your wires

something small and fast darted through the grass. I let out a scream, "Ah-!" Hayden turned around

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

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

caught me, his hands supporting my waist. "What happened?"

snake! There's a snake!"

seen a snake, but that's what my gut

slithering around in this wild, overgrown

things. I mean, even a caterpillar could

held me steady and started walking

he was apologizing for, but he kept

life depended on it,

strangling him, my arms wrapped around his neck so tight

t

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left red marks.

then hurried over to the edge of the lake, trying

he meant. I spun around to look at the barren land behind us. "Hayden, don't tell me you're planning

stunned. I never

want

I blurted out,

into a