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

Chapter 558

Sometimes people just... zone out. And right now, that was me.

Normally, I'd be halfway to the door by now, maybe screaming a little. But instead, I just sat there, curled up on the floor, blinking up at him and asking who he was.

"Feeling heartbroken, are we?" he asked. His face was intense-chiseled jaw, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones. He looked like someone straight out of a movie, and apparently, he could see right through

1. me.

"Who are you?" I asked again, still dazed.

Then, like a lightbulb flicking on, I remembered what Jace had told me about the leader of Quartz Cue.

Only, I'd imagined someone totally different-rough, kinda brutal-looking, like Thorsten. But this guy? He was almost elegant, in that rugged, model-like way.

If I'd seen him on the street, I'd probably think he was a Calvin Klein ad or something.

remembered Jace had said something about the leader of Quartz Cue being injured, sol squinted, looking him over. But I didn't see any scars or bandages. Just... a ridiculously good-looking face. "My name is Hernátor Skye," he said, leaning closer. And that's when I realized just how close

the air near my face. I turned away, but he still managed to pat my head, like I was some lost puppy.

jerked back, shrinking against the wall. "What do

the point? Even if I did, by the time Jace got here, I'd already be at

guy's mercy.

grinning, like this whole thing was

didn't feel sinister. He just kept smiling, like he was actually having a good time, and it threw me off. I found myself snapping back, like a bratty kid. "You're here to

him the best joke. "How old are you, anyway? How can

Cute?

off as helpless, but that just made me

I have to deal with some boring, ugly hostage, where am I gonna stash her? But now," he said, giving me an amused once-over, "I can see I won't have to. You're cute and way more entertaining than I expected." He reached out his hand again.

was going to pull me up, to take me

I wasn't that easy to intimidate. No way I was

are people protecting me in this hotel," I said, trying to sound more confident than I felt." Someone's

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