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

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Chapter 527

Hayden didn't answer right away, but I could tell he already knew more than he was letting on,

"Why won't you

Screech-

just tell me? Frustration spilled over, and my hand hit the seat between us.

The car lurched to a stop, his grip white-knuckling the steering wheel, veins popping. I couldn't stop

staring.

"For the money," he finally said.

I turned, searching his face, but he kept it turned away, giving me nothing.

of Yuna's illness. "Was it... was it to pay

a cigarette, and after a few clicks, he lit up. He took a long drag, his voice low. "My father was responsible for your parents' deaths. That's a debt-a sin he left behind. So, now, I owe you a life." He wasn't answering my question directly, but he'd given me a truth that

distant as he smoked. "And how

exactly did Thorsten say?" Avoiding any talk of us wasn't an option, but I wasn't

finished, Hayden just asked, "And what do you

out the window at the empty factory I'd been held in for hours. "I think

met mine

had Sasha bring me here, got in my head with all this... Sure, on the surface, it looked like he wanted me dead. But Sasha turned around and helped me escape. Thorsten wanted me to know the truth-he wants me to hate the Johnstons." Hayden's eyes stayed on me, but I didn't look back. "Thorsten's making sure I know that, even if he bribed your dad to go

Johnstons does... what?" Hayden's tone was

my buttons or just

"If it really was

my chest. I'd suspected Matthew's involvement, bot facing what I'd

confront him, get the answers

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