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

Chapter 438

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The thing I've been chasing for years... just dropped into my inbox like some sketchy mystery gift.

At first, I was excited. But then confusion hit me.

Why now? Why this random person? And how did he even know what I was looking for?

The accident happened forever ago-over a decade. Why had this person been sitting on that missing page for so long? Was it even real? Or was this some kind of weird trap?

A million questions ran through my head, but honestly, I couldn't let this go. No matter what.

My hands were shaking as I typed back: [When can we meet?]

No response.

I waited, like, five seconds, but it felt like an eternity. Who even was this person? When did he add me?

I checked his profile and realized he'd friended me a while back, and I'd even left a note: [Officer Sawyer.]

had sent a friend request ages ago, but I'd forgotten

this was the officer in charge of my

message: [Officer

he was typing. My heart was in

[Wait for my call.]

but they hit like a

I quickly replied: [Okay.]

nothing. I stared at the screen, feeling everything-excitement, anxiety,

warnings from Thorsten, Matthew's weird advice to drop this, the missing page, Hayden's dad being involved... it had all been messing with my head. And now, this missing page felt like a ticking bomb. But who was gonna get blown up? I didn't know, and honestly, I was too scared to

to figure out

you asleep?" Hayden asked as he stepped outside, all

arms

steady against my ear, but it only

gently rested on top of my head. "Something bothering

my lip. Should I tell him? It wasn't that I didn't trust him-I

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so close to the truth, I was terrified I'd screw it