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

Chapter 432

Wait, what? Kept the Johnstons waiting?

It wasn't just what Kylian said that threw me off-it was the fact he said "we" while talking to Hayden. Lena shot me a confused look, but I stayed quiet, holding my breath, waiting for Hayden's response.

There he was, in his perfectly tailored suit, looking all sharp and in control, like a guy who's used to making big decisions. Kylian-who was supposed to be the heir of the Hart family-suddenly seemed like the sidekick. "If it's that hard, just make the decision yourself," Hayden said coolly.

Kylian looked relieved. "Then I'll finalize things with them today," he said. "When will you be free?"

Hayden's brow furrowed. "Not anytime soon."

Kylian blinked, clearly thrown off by the brush-off. Just as he was about to say something else, Hayden cut him off. "I'm having dinner with my fiancée and friends. We'll talk later."

And with that, Hayden walked away, leaving Kylian standing there with his hand half-raised, before he just let it drop, totally defeated.

Once they were out of sight, Lena tugged at my arm. "Isn't Kylian the Hart family heir? Why does he act like such a pushover around Hayden?"

Yeah, it was weird. I'd noticed that before.

"Maybe it's because Hayden's some big-shot expert. You know how companies worship talent these days,

I didn't quite

"Oh, please. There are plenty of talented people

shrugged. "Then what

second, then nudged me. "What if

second, remembering everything about Hayden, and then laughed. "Yuna's surgery was

a top-tier talent. He's gotta be making bank, right? So why couldn't he pay for the surgery himself?

"Yeah, I wondered about that too. But Yuna told me Hayden's helped a ton of people. He probably

dude needs to secure his own

she said, mocking Hayden's

all, but you've gotta take care

hard on him. Maybe he's doing it to

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"Always

"Well, don't you always

just smiled, and I could tell something was weighing

"Look, if you don't want him to go, and

the terrace, and Lena stopped, staring out into the night. "If I say something, it'll just make him