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."

couldn't help but laugh.

my hard 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.

Yuna, a familiar figure stepped out of

and he froze, looking

a random run-in. But, hey, this

he replied,

him now, I couldn't help but think of Narelle. She'd been

last time I'd seen him was back at

working at KRA now," he said, catching me off

She might be

+25 BONUS

but everyone has their own way of dealing. If this was how he chose to handle things, nobody could tell him otherwise. "Nice. Maybe I'll sit

didn't have much time to chat, so I smiled. "Do you

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

clothes, and waved goodbye before heading