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.

his voice barely a whisper. "People

We see them on TV, hear about them in stories, but in real life, they're rare-rarer

like this for a year,

now," Wade

would have by now. The fact that

to convince them," I suggested, hoping to

they wanted to pull the plug. I begged them for more time. They gave me one more week. Now... there are

all made sense now. The deadline was

closing in on him.

go of her? Or is it because you don't want to live with the guilt?"

"Even if she wakes up, I'll

if she woke up perfectly fine, that burden would

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

answer.

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

even have the right

hesitated for a moment before asking the question that had been hanging in the ant "Do