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

Chapter 632

Hayden could be cold, sure. But he wasn't the type to stand by and let someone die. Especially not after I begged him.

Even if he didn't love me anymore, there was no way he'd be that indifferent.

And yet, that day, he just stood there. Watched. Let the crocodiles get to Jace before stepping in.

There had to be a reason.

For a month after Hayden's death, I replayed that moment over and over, trying to piece it together. If it wasn't about Hayden, maybe it was about Jace. Jace frowned. "You're asking me?"

My eyes flicked to his arm-the one that still hadn't healed. "If he didn't save you right away, there must've been reason."

His tone turned sharp. "What are you trying to say?"

"I'm saying it's weird. You two were allies against Hernan and Bruno, right? But when your life was on the line, he hesitated. Doesn't that strike you as... off?"

"I don't understand it either," he said stiffly. "But it doesn't matter. Hayden's gone. He can't explain himself."

Fair. Hayden was gone. And Jace wasn't about to give me the truth either-I'd known that before I even asked. But I couldn't help pushing, testing him.

I didn't know why Hayden had waited, but it wasn't simple.

kind of grudge would make him do that? Maybe his hatred for the Johnstons ran too deep to forgive

want the money, take it. Just... don't

was low, almost

much if I get involved with Wayne? Is this

+25 BONUS

his exhaustion bleeding through. "But that's

reason.

Wayne said, didn't you? His feelings for you- they're not all about love. To him, you're just another move in his

me."

saw, I'd

of their feud. If they tore each other apart, the Johnstons would never find peace. And only then could I take the revenge my parents-and Hayden-deserved. "If your goal is to destroy my family, I'll help

he'd figured me

how

didn't. I couldn't trust him-not anymore. Hayden

in a

Jace had a

proof-just too many loose ends

I said, my tone firm, "You don't need to worry about me. How I live my life is none of your concern. Focus on

like that,

instinctively at my floor. My unit and the one above it were both dark-no lights, no movement. I'd noticed it for days now.

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