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

Chapter 286

"Hiss Hayden let out a soft sound.

I knew it wasn't pain but sensitivity. Shivers...

I could almost picture him trying to keep it together. Honestly, I was getting pretty wicked, more and more mischievous by the day.

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After stirring things up, I straightened, took a casual sip of my coffee, and turned to leave like it was no big deal.

Hayden seemed too stunned to react. He just sat there, probably trying to figure out what the heck just happened. Back in my office, I sat down, set my coffee cup on the desk, and rubbed my face, chuckling softly.

I didn't even know why I was laughing, but I just felt like it.

It was that kind of pure, genuine happiness that bubbles up from your heart-the joy of pulling off a little mischief.

Like a kid who can't stop giggling after a prank,

Just as I was enjoying myself, my phone buzzed with a new message.

I picked it up and saw it was from Cole: a location pin.

it was an address in an industrial park on the outskirts of the city. The destination was a company called NewWealth Capital. Why would Cole send

send

he just messing

I could figure it out, another message from him popped up: [If you want to

Retreat? Was this for real,

directly. As soon as he picked up, he didn't even let me get a word in. "If you don't believe it, then don't go." "Didn't you tell me not to meet your dad? That he wouldn't tell me anything even if I met him?" I reminded him, repeating his own words back to him. And now he was sending

sense.

want to know the truth? Cole snorted. "If you're not interested, then just pretend you never saw the message."

was about to clap back when he added, "Oh, and just so

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talk to my dad or not,

leaving me with my mouth open and no

sighed, spinning my phone in my

had already laid everything out for me, and Cole wasn't totally off base with what he

the car accident happened the way I suspected, then Thorsten would probably cover for

at Cole's

my parents' accident was just

But was it really?

had no other relatives; I'm their only family. If they were harmed by someone and I didn't

if it was just my imagination, finding out the truth would at least