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."

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

type meant she could be a backup donor

the start, she was nothing more than a pawn in your

not true! We genuinely care about Keira! We

off. Maybe she didn't know about what Matthew had done to my parents, but that didn't make his intentions any less

true?" My

silence was all the answer I

I'd felt for him-for this family-it had been built on a lie.

deal. Maybe it was all because of the blood running through my

last ten years loving him, giving my heart to this family, to people who'd only seen

ran through me, my whole body going numb. My fingers tingled,

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

of regret I didn't buy

+35 NONUS

look only made him seem more hollow. All these years, he'd worn this mask, fooling me, probably fooling my

welling up as I clung to the last

the sharp sting slice through the rage. "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 that moment, every bit of the obedient daughter I'd tried to be vanished, burned

Lindey whispered, her face