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

Chapter 583

Jace was staring out the window like me, his lips pressed together. "Yeah," he muttered.

It was just one word, but it was all I needed. He knew.

I turned to him. "So you knew? Then why the whole act? Why bother with all this?"

Jace's jaw tightened, but he didn't say anything.

As the police car drove past us, Herman gave a tiny wave in my direction.

We were in our car with tinted windows, so there's no way he could've seen me....but then that wave. It was like he knew exactly where I was, exactly who was sitting here.

So, this whole thing was under his control the whole time? Yet, he still let himself fall into Hayden's trap

That's when it hit me. Herman's capture? That wasn't the end. It was just the start of whatever mess was coming next.

A cold shiver ran down my spine as I remembered what he'd said. "Jace, Herman told me there's someone else pulling the strings."

*Hm? Jace glanced at me, clearly waiting for me to explain more, but I just pressed my lips together. Herman hadn't said who the mastermind was.

Jace added after a long pause, like he was trying to warn me not to

to trust Hernan, but there was something about what he said

other person could be, I

away, and it hit me- hadn't seen Hayden. Or maybe I had, but I'd

a quick look. "They

The road stretched on, endless, like it was mocking how far away we were from figuring this out. I felt drained

I shifted in my seat, trying to get

nowhere, Jace spoke up. "Rea," he said, "If Hayden broke up with

kept them shut. I

didn't push me. I guess he figured silence was a pretty

I finally said,

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even hit the gas a

car jerk forward.

good reason, yeah, I could get it. I could forgive him. But he..." The image of Hayden and

involved with someone else." I said it out loud this time, opening my eyes and meeting Jace's gaze, watching for his reaction. His

I