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.

knows how to mess with your head, Jace added after a long pause, like he was trying

Hernan, but there was something about what he said

other person could be, I had

maybe I had, but I'd been too caught up in

me a quick look. "They went to

road stretched on, endless, like it was mocking how far away we were from figuring this out. I felt drained and shut my eyes. Half asleep, I heard Jace's phone ring. "Yeah,

went quiet after that, and I shifted

up. "Rea," he said, "If Hayden broke up with you 'cause he had his reasons... would you forgive

them shut.

me. I guess he figured silence was a

I

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seemed caught off guard. He even hit the gas

car jerk forward.

"If he'd just ended things with me and actually had a good reason, yeah, I could get

this time, opening my eyes and meeting Jace's gaze, watching for his reaction.

I