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.

on the outskirts of the city. The destination was

he send it by

just

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

Serenity Retreat? Was this for real, or was Cole

me not to meet your dad? That he wouldn't tell me anything

sense.

I did say that. But don't you want to know the truth? Cole snorted. "If you're not interested, then just pretend

"Oh, and just so you know,

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get to talk to my dad or not,

he hung up, leaving me with my

sighed, spinning my phone in my hand. Should I go

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

suspected, then Thorsten would probably cover for the

at Cole's text,

going would mean accepting that my parents' accident was just a

But was it really?

they were harmed by someone and I didn't

just my imagination, finding out the truth would at least bring me