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

Chapter 541

A flicker of disappointment flashed in Wayne's eyes, but he nodded and raised his hand to flag down a cab for me. When it pulled up, he even opened the door.

As we drove off, I glanced back and saw Wayne's car trailing us-not too close, not too far, just keeping

watch.

The driver glanced at me in the rearview mirror, smirking a little. "Rough patch with your boyfriend, huh? He seems like a good one. You're upset, don't want to ride with him, so he's just following quietly to make sure you're safe." The guy was a little too chatty. I looked out the window. "He's not my boyfriend."

He blinked, surprised, and thankfully took the hint to stop talking.

I focused on the passing streetlights, letting the silence settle.

But then I caught a glimpse of another car in the rearview mirror, right behind Wayne's. My heart stuttered. It looked like Hayden's car.

Chadwick's words came back to me. 'Hayden is going to marry someone else.

my chest only tightened. After a few moments, I opened them again, and

wasn't my imagination. He

he be inside celebrating, soaking up all the congratulations with

needed to know for sure if it was really him. Leaning forward, I tapped the driver's seat. "Um, sir, could you, I don't know, maybe swerve a little? Like... make a sudden turn?" "What?" He looked at

want to test my boyfriend," I said, flashing an innocent smile. The driver gave me a side-eye, like he

I was actually trying to test

shrugged. "Alright, making lovebirds happy adds ten years to my life. Buckle up!" And with that,

into my seat. Before I could process the speed, he spun the wheel hard, throwing us into a crazy swerve. We even did a full 360 right in the street. It was the kind of stunt you'd only see in a movie, yet here we

we screeched to a stop, I was dizzy, barely able to tell up from down. The driver turned to me, grinning. "Well, looks like your boyfriend showed up... ar, uh, both of

him. My gaze went straight to the other side, where Hayden

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was fine, his tense expression softened just a bit. He almost stepped back, like he was going

face me,

I asked, fighting the burn of tears at the edge

"I need to talk