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

Chapter 491

Chapter 491

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come around asking if I was pregnant and insisting on driving me to the hospital. Like, excuse me?

He'd hurt me before, sure, but this? This was a whole new level. One sentence, and he'd just crushed me.

But I wasn't about to quit my job just because we broke up. Thankfully, I had some fieldwork lined up, so I could avoid the office without raising any flags. Three days into fieldwork, Yuna called. I wasn't sure if she knew about the split, but I really hoped we were still good.

"Keira, I'm in trouble. Can you help me?" She sounded panicked, like two seconds from crying.

"Whoa, slow down. What's going on?"

"I'm at the library, reading, and my period just hit out of nowhere-my skirt's totally stained!" she said.

I let out a sigh of relief. Here I was, expecting some disaster.

"Could you bring me a skirt? I'll send you my location. Meet me in the restroom when you get here," she added, her voice way stronger than it used to be. And by her tone? She clearly had no clue about my fallout with Hayden.

"Okay, don't worry."

"Keira, please hurry."

laugh. "Alright,

hat, changed out of my work gear, and headed to the library. On the way, I ordered a skirt and some period panties for her. When I got there, the delivery wasn't ready yet. I checked

Yuna, a familiar figure stepped out

and he froze, looking a little

misread this as more than a random run-in. But, hey, this was pure coincidence. "Wade! Long time no see," I greeted, giving him a warm

he replied,

I couldn't help but think of Narelle. She'd been gone a while, but Wade seemed to

last time I'd seen him was

he

Narelle. She might

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him otherwise. "Nice. Maybe I'll sit in on one of your

have much time to chat, so I smiled. "Do you come

his eyes, and he hesitated. "Not... often.

picked up the clothes, and waved goodbye before heading