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.

paper. When he looked up,

stared, then he shot to his feet. "Oh my

but I knew what he meant. He didn't think I'd come

hired anyone?

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letting me back, or...?" I

you do? Quit? No chance. I wouldn't approve it anyway," he said, flashing a sly grin. "Besides, your contract

little

with a playful

look the least bit

know about

the best. Knowing wouldn't

Hayden 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,

care..

been over a month since he died.

whole time.

he hadn't

was right. No one really cared

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