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

Chapter 343

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I knew I had to say something, but the words that came out were more offhand than thoughtful. "I might not be one now, but who knows about the future?"

Thorsten burst out laughing, and Milly, still nestled in his arms, giggled along with him.

"Daddy, this lady is nice. She played with me." Milly chimed in.

This kid definitely thought I was a rockstar.

Her mom, though? Yeah, not so much. Sasha's face darkened, and she gave me this look like she was already convinced I was Thorsten's latest fling or something,

"Well then, from now on, you can always come find this lady to play." Thorsten said, like I'd somehow become a regular in their lives.

I opened my mouth, unsure what to say. Arguing in front of Milly didn't feel right, so I just brushed it off like he was humoring her.

Then Thorsten walked up to me, still holding Milly, "Got time to play with my daughter? You can name your price."

Wait-was he seriously asking me to babysit? Did he think everyone had as much free time as he did?

with Milly watching, so I forced a smile. You're joking, right? I'll play with her, but you don't need to pay me." Thorsten nodded, then turned to Sasha, who was standing there looking anxious. "Get her contact info. Anytime

nodded. "Of course, Thorsten. I didn't realize you

from her

Sasha made no move to actually get my number. It was pretty clear she wasn't taking any of

eat," Thorsten said, kissing Milly again. His love for her was undeniable, and it made me think of Cole. Cole was older than me, yet here was his much younger sister-and his stepmother, who wasn't much older than us either. I couldn't imagine what it was like for him to be part of

come too," Milly suddenly

really warming

Sasha, clearly flustered, jumped in. "She's busy today,

want her to

me into this, I silently

about to come up with an excuse to let

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"Come along if you're

I had all the free time in the world, there was no

the first excuse I could find. "Thank you,

"Well, in that case, we won't push it. Funny enough, we were just talking about

could they have

just turned back to Milly, soothing her