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

Chapter 598

Hayden shot Yara a look, his expression darkening.

Yara raised an eyebrow, totally unbothered, like she already knew what was coming.

She was way too comfortable around him. Like, seriously, where was the fear?

"Just tell her already. Stop playing games," Yara said, all casual like this was no big deal. Hayden turned to me, eyes intense. "If you're leaving, then go pack your stuff..."

I cut him off. "Hayden, seriously. Why can't you just answer me?"

Yara sighed dramatically. "I'll leave you two alone." She gave us some space and walked off. Hayden stayed right where he was, locking eyes with me. "So, what do you think my reason is?" He actually wanted me to guess?

I was so done. Yara had been vague and cryptic, and now Hayden was doing the exact same thing.

He didn't want to talk. It was so obvious.

"Fine. If you're not gonna say it, then don't," I shot back. "Whatever your reasons are, they don't matter anymore. Even if I knew, it wouldn't change anything."

Why was I still here, talking to him? What was I hoping for? To fix things? Yeah, right.

I realized that even that was a waste of

not to get upset, but my chest still felt tight, like something was

Even more infuriating than Jace's smooth-talking

but what was there to pack? Jace had brought me here with nothing, and all my stuff was

I really

couldn't just grab it without Wayne

it for a sec, then headed upstairs. I took the journal out and snapped some

pages.

There was something off in those entries, especially the most recent

I had the photos, I

I overheard Yara talking to Hayden, her voice low. "You really gonna go down this' road? Or

some kind of danger. What kind? From Bruno?

I shut it down.

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of that and walked over to

a look, like she wanted to say something, but I didn't wait for

was trying to clear things up between us. Why else would she keep dropping hints and lecturing him? When