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

Chapter 623

"Obviously! Missed you treating us to lunch, too," she shot back, bold as anything.

"Done. Let everyone know-dinner's on me tonight at SeaView Dining," I said, not even pausing to think. "Wait-seriously?" Her eyes went wide. Cute.

"Dead serious," I said, giving her a nod.

"Yay!" she squealed, doing a little bounce before running off.

I couldn't help but smile. Somehow, her energy seemed to lift the whole office. The vibe felt lighter already.

After dropping my bag on my desk and taking a quick look around, I decided to swing by Ron's office. "Come in!"

I opened the door to find Ron practically buried under a mountain of paperwork. He didn't even glance up to see who had entered.

I walked closer, noticing the stacks of documents-most of them from my department.

It didn't take a genius to figure out what had been going on. My peaceful break? Yeah, that had been courtesy of Ron's hard work. "You've been running yourself ragged. Why not hire someone else to help out?" I

asked.

his pen hovering over the paper.

he shot to

himself off, but I knew what

he hired anyone? Was he waiting

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letting me back, or...?" I asked, getting straight to the

Quit? No chance. I wouldn't approve it anyway," he said, flashing a sly grin. "Besides, your contract says you can't resign until you've worked at least a year." Wait-what? That was in the contract? How did I

little predatory," I

with a playful smirk. "So, technically,

didn't look the least

know about Hayden's

best. Knowing wouldn't do anything but add

had confided in her. He said the only family he had was Yuna, and if anything ever happened to him, she was to keep it from his sister. No need to tell anyone else either-because, in his words, no

care..

over a month since he died. Surely Ron noticed he'd been

whole time.

he hadn't even mentioned

right. No one

something had just clicked. "Wait-you're back, but where's Hayden? Holed up in that studio