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.

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

my imagination. He was really

be inside celebrating, soaking up all the congratulations with

could you, I don't know, maybe swerve a little? Like... make a sudden turn?" "What?" He looked at me like I'd asked him to drive off a

flashing an innocent smile. The driver gave me

know I was actually trying to test

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

a crazy swerve. We even did a

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

to the other

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just a bit. He almost stepped back, like he was going to walk away. "Hayden!"

face me, his eyes

me?" I asked, fighting the burn of tears at

"I need to talk