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

Chapter 313

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Hayden and I stood by the river, listening to the water while the wind whipped through the trees.

After a while, my legs started giving out. I was exhausted.

"What's wrong?" Hayden asked.

"I need to sit. My legs are sore," I admitted.

Without missing a beat, he scooped me up by the waist, carrying me over to a big rock like I weighed nothing. Even though he did stuff like this all the time, I still acted shy. "I can walk, you know."

He raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you just say your legs were sore? How're you gonna walk?"

I stuck out my tongue and let him win that one.

He set me down, then sat beside me, but b I could scoot closer, his arm hooked around my waist and pulled me right into his lap. What was he up to now?

could ask, he whispered in

a more thoughtful boyfriend than

giving him a quick kiss. But the second my lips touched his, something felt off. There was this faint trace of tobacco. 1 froze. Had he been

came to the

I pulled back, Hayden sighed, "I

don't have to

looked at me, his eyes locking with

fingers over his brow. "Just don't overdo it. It's bad for you." As I said it, a weird sadness crept in. My chest tightened, and I felt that familiar sting

feel so distant,

bobbing as

I'd stopped reading halfway through, unable to bring myself to see the

you read the report about my parents'

held me a little closer before answering in a

I'd break down again. "I'm not scared

pictures made me shudder.

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you what?" he asked