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

Chapter 296

Why was Wayne calling me so late?

I frowned as Hayden added, "He's sent you a few messages, too."

I still felt groggy as he handed me the phone. Everything was a blur, and I was too drained to think straight. Hayden gave me a reassuring look and said, "You don't have to answer if you don't want to."

I hesitated, my thumb hovering over the screen, unsure whether to pick up. Before I could decide, the call went to voicemail on its own.

I took the phone and opened the messages. They were the ones from earlier this morning that I hadn't read-all still marked as unread: [Rea, can we meet up?]

[Rea, there's something I'm not sure if I should tell you.]

[Rea, please reply when you see this.]

He'd sent those in the morning, and there were two more from the afternoon:

[Rea, I'm waiting for your reply.]

[Rea, are you really busy?]

Seeing them all lined up, I could practically feel Wayne's anxiety.

He'd been waiting for me to respond all day. Whatever he was debating whether or not to tell me, it had to be something big.

an older brother to me, protecting me from anything

worried

decided to call him back. He picked

asked, skipping straight

as i was about to press him, he asked, "What's wrong

was more concerned about what he had to say. "I'm ne. Seriously. What do you need to talk about?" Can we

exactly an option. I was about to suggest he ist tell me over the phone

set in a scowl. "You wake up and the first thing you do is make a call? What gent business could you possibly have? Do you not care about

not wanting Wayne to hear, but it was too late. His voice came through, Ixious. "Rea, are you sick?

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was she getting out of this one. I tightened my grip, practically pouting "Nope,

now.

eyes and poked my forehead. "Fine, fine, He asked me if I

dropped. "He actually said that? Like,

little half-smile. I squeezed her arm. "And? What did you

look like a coward to you?" She raised

her. "Wait, so...

make it sound like we're having some scandalous

happened!" I said, practically bouncing

"Stop st

lip. "Well, what do you think he