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.

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

turned away, but he still managed to

against the wall. "What

did, by the time Jace got

guy's mercy.

do you think?" Hernan said, grinning, like this whole thing was

enough, he didn't feel sinister. He just kept smiling, like he was actually having a good time, and it threw me off. I

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

Cute?

coming off as helpless, but that just made me

with some boring, ugly hostage, where am I gonna stash her? But now," he said, giving me

me up, to

easy to intimidate. No way I was just going to do whatever he

I said, trying to sound more confident than I felt." Someone's right outside the

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