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

Chapter 556

Should I?

Even after everything Jace had said, I wasn't sure.

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He was watching me, waiting for an answer, eyes steady and patient. Finally, I said, "Let me check with Hayden."

His expression shifted, a flicker of something unspoken in his eyes, but he nodded and stepped back, giving me space.

It wasn't that I didn't trust Jace. I did. But I trusted Hayden completely. I just needed to hear it from him.

When he picked up, Hayden's voice was low, calm-the kind that could make my heart skip a beat without trying. "Something wrong?" he asked, like he already sensed it.

I swallowed, forcing myself to sound steady. "Hayden, there are two people watching me from my hotel café. Are they with you?"

"Table 3A?" he asked, not missing a beat. I glanced over; that was exactly where they were sitting.

Even from a distance, he knew everything going on around me, down to the tiniest detail.

which saved me from spelling it all out. So I cut to the point. "Jace told me how dangerous this is. I need to know... should I go home, or do I go where Jace suggested?" There was a pause on the other end. I

are you

you.' But my pride wouldn't let me actually

Then, finally, "He wouldn't put

agreeing with Jace. Telling me

that just

he'd handed me over to Jace's care, and then got all moody when I'd helped Jace with a blood transfusion. This guy-sometimes, I had

switched topics.

with..." I started, but then I heard

you think of this

the words

Hayden. It wasn't

this

only announced Hayden and

and now

they were

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