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

Chapter 310

By the time the plane touched down, the sky was already turning a deep shade of orange

and pink.

"Wow, Hayden, this is the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen, "I said, practically glued to the window.

"It is," he agreed, sounding casual, as always.

He

e was like that-a man of few words-but I'd gotten used to it.

It wasn't until we got into the car and I scrolled through my phone that I saw his latest post. He'd snapped

a pic of that very sunset and captioned it: [Because you're here with me.]

My heart did this weird little flip.

It didn't seem to connect at first, but then It I'd said, "This is the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen.

And he was saying. "It is, "because you're

with me."

Well, alright then!

show

was way too good at

teased the guy driving us. One of

not this time," Hayden answered with that perfectly cool

Wait, so... next time?

is gorgeous," the guy said,

the most obvious thing in

no problem saying it, and the other

Zach Dutton," the guy

back, trying to be just

repeating himself. "Yuna talks about you all the time. Everyone in town

now I

an awkward laugh. "Really? Guess that saves me

lady like you? People remembered you from the last time you were here," Zach kept going, each compliment

was

and whispered, "Looks like

couldn't exactly clap back with Zach right there, so I just

+25 BONUS

saying

turned out to be a total chatterbox, filling the car ride with every bit of gossip your could think of. Who had a cat that looked like a weird science experiment, who caught a huge fish, which boy was crushing on which girl, and which widow had just moved in with some

here, trailing behind Yuna, this place seemed like a peaceful little haven, completely untouched by the outside world. But listening to

with the gossip," Hayden finally cut in, giving Zach a pointed look. "Even if it's true, it's not your place to spread it. Remember what happened the last time you got carried