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

Chapter 584

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I froze. What the actual heck?

Had he seriously been on the phone with Hayden this whole time?

Jace hung up and glanced at me. "He called me earlier I thought he hung up, but I guess he left the line open... worried about you."

"You think I'm an idiot?" I shot back, sarcasm dripping from my voice.

It was so obvious now. Jace had left the call open on purpose-and that whole question about whether I'd take Hayden back? That was for Hayden's ears.

Jace didn't even try to explain himself. He just sighed. "Yeah, guess that was my bad. But at least now Hayden knows where you stand. He needs to get it through his head... you're not someone he can just drop and pick up whenever he feels like it." Honestly, I didn't mind that Hayden knew how I felt. Actually, it saved me from having to spell it out.

"Thanks for your heartfelt concern," I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm, before I hopped out of the car.

me, launching into a mini tour of Wayne's

been living here solo for the past four years. See the garden? He takes care of it himself-never hired

they did, it was just some random update like, "Wayne called, said he's doing great in U.S. Wayne never really felt like part of the family-more like a

whole mansion in check on his own. Maybe he

design, too," Jace added,

package-smart, driven, always cunous. He's way ahead of me, you

about Wayne. I couldn't help

my mouth like I was going to say something, but then

was untouchable. Years of navigating the corporate grind meant

knew more than he let on. Maybe he just chose to ignore it out of loyalty-seeing it but never talking

Jace asked,

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around, impressed. "Seems like Wayne's doing pretty well

said, like it

he had any reason to be jealous. With his