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

Chapter 530

If Hayden hadn't said anything, I might have forgotten he was even there.

the way here.

His face was unreadable, but his eyes? Dark and intense, like he was drilling straight into Matthew. He was talking about his dad. But Thorsten had already mentioned Hayden's father was involved-bribed, apparently. Hayden himself admitted it was all about the money on So why was he bringing it up again? What was he really digging for?

My head started to pound, like a jackhammer revving up. I glanced at Matthew, who somehow looked perfectly calm. Lindey, on the other hand, was a bundle of nerves, fingers clutching Matthew's arm.

After a long, tense silence, Matthew finally replied, "Your father was bribed. That has nothing to do with

me."

"Are you absolutely sure about that?" Hayden shot back, his voice ice-cold.

"Hayden," Lindey jumped in, defending Matthew. "He's already admitted what he did to Rea's parents. If he'd been involved with your dad, he wouldn't hide it now."

Hayden's jaw clenched tighter. "According to what I found, Thorsten bribed my dad on someone else's

orders."

Hayden wasn't stopping. "If I'm right, you set it all up to make sure Keira had nowhere else

rare blood type meant she could be a backup donor for your

"From the start, she was nothing more

not true! We genuinely

it anymore. I cut her off. Maybe she didn't know about what Matthew had done to my parents, but that didn't make his intentions

that true?" My voice

silence was all the answer

the gratitude I'd felt for him-for this family-it

hadn't died just because of some business deal. Maybe it was all because of the blood running through my veins.

to this family, to people who'd only seen me as some kind of

ran through me, my whole body going numb. My

I'm responsible. I'm the killer. If you hate me, if you want to

a mask of regret I didn't buy

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seem more hollow. All these years, he'd

blurred, tears welling up as I clung to the last

"What good would hating you do? Will it bring my parents back? Will it fix the life you ripped away from me, the years I spent trying to earn your love?" In

Lindey whispered, her face