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?

I could ask, he whispered in my ear,

more thoughtful boyfriend

said, giving him a quick kiss. But the second my lips touched his, something felt off. There was this

came to the river by himself

pulled back, Hayden sighed, "I won't smoke anymore. Today was

shook my head. "You don't have to quit for

looked at me, his

for you." As I said it, a weird sadness crept in. My chest tightened, and

of forever used to feel so distant, but suddenly, I couldn't wait for

his throat bobbing

hadn't finished. I'd stopped reading halfway through, unable to bring myself

parents'

before answering in a low voice, "It's over now. Let's

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

though I said that, the thought of those pictures made me shudder. So instead, I asked

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you what?" he