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

Chapter 368

"Boba tea's here. Let's head in," Hayden said, balancing the fruit in his hands.

He didn't ask about Wade, but I knew he probably saw everything. I wasn't in the mood to explain, so I just followed him inside.

Yuna's voice lit up as soon as I walked in. "Keira! I waited for you to get here before drinking mine!"

Hayden set the fruit down in the kitchen. I glanced at him before walking over to Yuna.

"I've got everything ready!" she said, motioning to the drinks lined up on the table, her eyes sparkling.

But I couldn't even think about drinking anything. "You can have mine," I said, my heart still heavy.

"Really?" Yuna's eyes sparkled, and she laughed. "I'm not that greedy."

Even so, she started splitting the drinks. "Why'd it take you so long? Hayden was worried. As soon as he dropped off the groceries, he went looking for you." "I ran into a friend," I said, half-truthfully.

"You've got so many friends. I hope I can make more someday," Yuna said, sliding a boba toward me.

such a great personality," I said, trying to smile as

"This flavor's so good! There are so

in front of my

I could answer, she called out, "Hayden, come check on

and strawberries. "What's wrong?" he asked,

still damp from washing the fruit, and the touch was calming. "I'm

sit next to me.

caring that Xuna was watching, I leaned into Hayden's shoulder. "I went to see

advisor."

need to explain more; Hayden already knew

happen?"

to him, letting his calm energy ground me. "Narelle's about to be let go. Wade's a wreck, and

deserves to be abandoned, but holding on for Narelle didn't seem

just rubbed his cheek against my head

to be okay," I whispered, gripping his arm tighter. I glanced

reached out for her hand, and she took it, squeezing gently. "Keira, what's wrong with Narelle?"

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