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

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Chapter 367

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Wade stood up and moved toward the window, his back to me. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but i found myself quietly stepping closer to the bed.

Now that I was up close, I could really see it she wasn't just gorgeous, she looked a lot like me.

If my parents were still alive, I would've gone straight to them and asked if I had a long-lost sister.

As those thoughts ran through my mind, my eyes drifted to the nameplate on the bedside: Narelle Yule, 28 years old.

Miss Yule, hello. I'm Keira, I silently introduced myself,

Wade's voice broke the stillness. "Come back in," he said into his phone, calling the caregiver back.

The caregiver returned quickly, and I took that as my cue to slip out of the room. Wade followed silently, and we walked side by side in heavy quiet. It wasn't until we'd walked some distance that he finally spoke. "The doctors say there's no chance she'll recover. Her family... they've already given up."

"But you haven't," I said.

barely a whisper. "People

them

me she's been like this for

years now," Wade corrected, his voice

years. If a miracle was going to happen, it would have by now. The fact that even her family had given up said

still try to convince them," I suggested, hoping

gaze. "I already did. Last week, they wanted to pull the plug. I begged them for more time. They gave me

deadline was looming, and with Narelle

closing in on him.

is it because you don't want to live with the

if she

that debt became part of him. Even if she woke up perfectly fine, that burden would always be

family, and it's making you feel powerless, isn't it?"

answer.

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almost to a stop. "I'm not anyone important to her. I don't have

don't even have the right

the question that had been hanging in the