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

Chapter 546

"Huh?!"

Wait, Hayden went missing before?

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He'd never mentioned that. Now that I thought about it in all the time we'd been together, he'd rarely talked about his family or his past, aside from Yuna.

I'd always figured he felt self-conscious about his family background, and I didn't want to mess with his pride by asking. But now... maybe he'd kept quiet to hold me at a distance. The thought of that kinda stung.

"So... how did he go missing? Like, was he kidnapped by traffickers or something?" I half-joked.

"Worse. He was actually kidnapped. But my parents wouldn't let anyone talk about it."

I blinked, stunned. "Wait, kidnapped? But wasn't he old enough back then? How did that even happen?"

"I don't know much," Yuna admitted. "My parents kept it all hush-hush. I just overheard things here and there. Later, they managed to find him, but right after that, they sent him off to join the military." She shook her head. "You have no idea how much I cried when he left for boot camp."

I knew Hayden had been in the military, but I had no idea it was because of something like this.

how to protect himself

you about any of this?" Yuna asked, noticing the shock on

he even loves me. I mean, if you love someone, you'd want to share

Wade and couldn't go a

said, "Hayden's always been quiet. Even when he was home, he barely spoke more than a

excuse. Instead,

Hayden's reasons, it wasn't my place

make her comfortable, I'd asked the flight attendants to adjust her seat. Yuna got airsick, and not long after we boarded,

had targeted my parents because of Hayden's kidnapping, not for money? The

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with worry even in her sleep, I didn't have the

was evening again. But this time, there

for us.

looked miserable, keeping her eyes shut the entire

the worry. "Should we stop by a hospital, just to

need, I'm fine," she mumbled, slipping her arm through mine and resting her head on my just need to lie down once we get to the