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

Chapter 531

But right now, I couldn't push him away-I needed something to hold onto, even if it was just for a little. while.

My whole body felt weightless as Hayden lifted me in his arms. Lindey's voice trailed after us, desperate," Rea, Hayden, you two-

"I'm taking her home. Whatever she decides, we'll deal with it later," Hayden said, his voice hard as stone, then carried me out in long strides.

When he set me down in the car, I clutched his shirt, burying my face in his shoulder as everything finally cracked open, and I broke down, sobbing into him without holding back. Hayden didn't flinch, letting me cry as my tears soaked through his clothes.

I cried so hard, I couldn't even catch my breath, and he ended up taking me straight to the hospital.

Lying there, I eventually calmed down, but my mind was still a storm.

What was I supposed to do next?

Turn Matthew in? Get him arrested to somehow avenge my parents?

But would that even feel like revenge? It'd just be justice against a terrible man. And even if I did it, it wouldn't bring back anything I'd lost.

lost at sea. Even if Matthew and Thorsten were locked up or

some water? Hayden's voice was gentle when he

fluttered. "Hayden, tell

up, handing me a glass

like he was the only solid ground left

to

even noticed. But even then,

his eyes softening with a

made my heart ache, and

spoken to me like that?

I started coughing. Hayden quickly set the glass down and pulled me close, rubbing my back

took the chance to hold him tighter, pressing my face against his

but then I heard him murmur, "We're enemies now, Keira... the kind with

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Chapter 531

I knew exactly what