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.

froze mid-signature, his pen hovering over the paper. When he looked

to

himself off, but I knew what

really thought that, then why hadn't he hired anyone? Was

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letting me back, or...?" I

sly grin. "Besides, your

a little

you signed it," Ron shot back with a playful smirk. "So,

look the

he didn't know about Hayden's

that was probably for the best. Knowing wouldn't do anything

family he had was Yuna, and if anything ever happened to him, she

care..

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

whole time.

now, standing here, he

was right. No one really cared about

"Wait-you're back, but where's Hayden?