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.

wanted him to toughen up, to know how to protect himself

about any of this?" Yuna asked, noticing the

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

who was completely obsessed with Wade and couldn't go a day without seeing him, probably agreed

didn't argue. She just said, "Hayden's always been quiet. Even when he was home, he barely spoke more than

excuse.

reasons, it wasn't

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

kidnapping, not for money? The thought gnawed at me, and I realized I hadn't even asked Yuna when exactly Hayden's kidnapping

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still creased with worry even

the time we touched down in Houston, it was evening again. But this time, there was

for us.

the hotel. Yuna looked miserable, keeping her eyes shut the

couldn't shake the worry. "Should we stop by

her arm through mine and resting her head on my