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.

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

out 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

"And how do you plan to repay

say?" Avoiding any talk of us wasn't an option, but I wasn't ready to press him. So, I repeated what Thorsten had

finished, Hayden just asked, "And what do you

empty factory I'd been held in for hours. "I think Thorsten's trying to kill two

met mine in the rearview

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

tone was ice. "What

push my buttons or

stayed locked on mine. "If it really

question tightened something in my chest. I'd suspected Matthew's involvement, bot facing what I'd do if it was true? I didn't

make him pay, or just confront him, get

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now, all I knew was that I needed the truth straight