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

Chapter 298

"How'd you end up sick?" Wayne asked as he stepped in, holding a bouquet of flowers, his face etched with worry.

I suddenly felt awkward lying down now that he was here, so I grabbed the bed railing, trying to sit up. But Wayne gently pushed me back down. "You don't have to get up.

"I'm fine," I protested, still struggling to sit up.

With Hayden, lying down didn't feel weird or uncomfortable. I guess that's why he felt different from other

guys.

Wayne's eyes stayed locked on mine. 'Seriously, what happened?"

How was I supposed to explain that I'd spiraled after learning more about my parents? It wasn't like I couldn't say it-I just didn't want to.

Lately, I'd gotten so used to shrugging things off, keeping it all in. Easier that way.

"Just low blood sugar. I fainted," I lied.

Wayne didn't look convinced, his eyes scanning my face like he was trying to read my mind. Before he could start asking more questions, I cut him off. "So, what did you want to tell me?"

opened, but I could tell he was about to give me some lame excuse to keep me

something to say, just say it. Don't

better," he said gently,

even after all these years, I'd never seen him as more than a big

how to handle him, so I put on my most impatient act. "Keeping secrets is

sighed, looking a bit

hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Jace had a huge blowup with my parents. I'm guessing you didn't know that,

I had no idea,"

seen Jace earlier, but he hadn't

to cut him off from the family and RiverwaveCorp." I knew about the whole eviction thing, but this? This was a whole new

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like he was struggling

"You want me to talk to

to ask," he admitted, his voice soft, but they listen to you more than anyone else, and... "He trailed off, but I got what

T

I meant, Wayne said quickly,

we broke up. I'm pretty sure I told you this before." Wayne gave me a complicated

I wanted Tanya gone, I would've kicked her out the second