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

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I had said that, but I didn't think he'd take it this seriously-like, doing that during a work trip?

Noticing my confusion, Hayden leaned back in his chalt. I talked to Mr. Shane about it."

"Oh," I replied, not feeling that there was anything wrong, and took another spoonful of oatmeal.

But after a few bites, I paused. "Wait, so are you guys, like, super close or something? You asked for time off for me, and he just agreed? And then he personally let me know?" Hayden kept eating his breakfast, completely unfazed. "Not really."

I laughed. "Not really? It's like he treats you... like you're royalty or something."

I meant more like his dad, honestly. It was like, whatever Hayden asked for, Ron just had to go along with

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"Close enough," Hayden said will smirk, "He needs me to develop new products and make money for him. So if I ask for something, he's not gonna say no."

Wow, okay. I gave him a mental double thumbs-up, totally speechless.

People who know they've got skills just have this next-level confidence. That's real power right there.

"Hayden, aren't we gonna be late?" I asked as we finished breakfast.

"It's fine. If we miss the flight, we'll just reschedule."

was seriously

puzzled. "Why aren't you freaking out? Can't you at

like it was the

guilty, I scrambled to pack my stuff, but I couldn't resist grumbling. "You could've warned me last night so I'd

I didn't really get

my antics, and my cheeks

Hayden chuckled softly. Watching me rush around, he added, "Relax. If we forget anything, we'll just

you'd said that earlier, I wouldn't

didn't seem bothered. "But I like

I blinked, "What?"

"It's comforting," he added.

in the little things, like cooking or folding laundr Not that Hayden ever let me do any of that. He said that

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ended up making it to the airport right on time. It wasn't until we had our boarding passes in hand that it really hit me-this was happening. It all felt surreal. "Does Yuna know we're coming to get her?" I asked, picturing her in

wore.

haven't told

too soon, she might get too excited, and it could be too much

"Kiki, you're getting good at reading my

his heart, silently letting him know I

I leaned into

just waiting

gently. We sat in the waiting area,