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.

an industrial park on the outskirts of the city. The destination was a company called NewWealth

he send

was he just

from him popped up: [If you want to see

Serenity Retreat? Was this for real, or was

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 me an address, practically

sense.

Cole snorted. "If you're not interested, then just pretend you never saw the message." Typical rich kid. He had that entitled attitude and a flair for being

he added, "Oh, and just so you know, I gave you

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my dad

he hung up, leaving me with my mouth open and no chance to

in my hand.

laid everything out for me, and Cole wasn't totally off base with

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

stared at Cole's text,

accepting that my parents' accident was

But was it really?

family. If they were harmed by someone and I

my imagination, finding out the truth would