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

Chapter

486

"Ms. Kay, you're here! I thought you weren't coming," Ron said, striding in with a bag just as I was checking

if breakfast had somehow disappeared into thin air.

"Ta-da! Breakfast!" he announced.

At that moment, it clicked.

Breakfast had arrived all right-just not the one Wayne sent.

I gave Ron a look, waiting. He didn't usually bring me breakfast without some kind of reason.

Sure enough, as he set the food down, he said, "I got called in at five this morning, and I was starving, so I, uh, ate the breakfast on your desk. This one's a replacement." Oh, please. Like I was buying that.

But I was too tired to start anything. "You didn't have to replace it. I already ate."

Total lie. I hadn't eaten at all; I'd barely had an appetite the past few days. And when I did eat, I just felt queasy.

my choice isn't good enough?" Ron asked, giving

a smile. "Custom-made, huh? Guess I'll see.

shrimp bisque, garlic toast, and

exactly

it's all the nutrition you

lid shut. "Eh, doesn't look that appetizing. Not really feeling

is all your favorite stuff. How

him. "How do you

mention it. You

him to deliver this, even though we were over. And the fact he was still pulling these stunts? Frustrating... and

face and demand an answer. But I held back. If he wanted a reaction,

You can stop liking someone halfway through life-why

you want to eat? Just tell me, and I'll-I'll have someone

1/2

+25 BONUS

Chapter 486

like he was under orders to make

out something totally random that Macy used to make back in Chiverton.

lost. "Wait,

potato cakes weren't exactly popular in Seavora, so I wasn't surprised. But Hayden would've