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

Chapter

641

I glanced back at the window. The amusement park, once eerie and dead quiet, was now lit up like a dream. Cheers from outside drifted in, muffled but unmistakable.

"It's back," Wayne muttered, eyes glued to the glowing scene beyond the glass.

"Ms. Kay, Mr. Johnston, look..." One of the tech guys pointed at the monitor, voice

tight.

I followed his gaze. The lights on the screen weren't stable anymore. They'd warped into messy, zigzagging streaks.

"There's still an issue," Wayne said, frowning hard.

For a beat, I just stared, heart pounding. Then, without thinking, I bolted for the door. I didn't stop running until I was outside. The noise hit me like a wall- screams, gasps, and excited chatter. A crowd was gathered, all pointing at the lights. "There are words up there!" someone shouted.

I tilted my head back, and my breath caught. The shifting lights sparked a memory-Hayden's proposal. My chest squeezed as I remembered the streamers, the words floating around me: [Kiki, marry me.]

"It says 'Kiki, marry me!""

"It's a proposal!"

""Who's Kiki?!"

wish someone would

spilling over into full-on excitement. But I couldn't move. Tears blurred my vision as the lights overhead pulsed with the same words, Kiki, marry me, over and over again, glowing steady against the chaos. It was

it was

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whole thing-it had his name written all over it. Nobody else could pull off something like this with the lights. This wasn't some random glitch; it was intentional. It

was pissed. Pissed at me for being reckless. So, he staged

point.

a punch to the chest. I started shouting, "Hayden!

their minds, chanting, "Say yes! Say

wanted to say yes. God, I wanted to. But...

when the noise peaked, the lights snapped off. Boom-total darkness. The cheers cut out like someone had hit pause on the world. Even I couldn't

everything felt frozen, suspended in

suddenly, the lights exploded back on, brighter and more

world? It felt...

had left behind-it was gone, just

Wayne's voice jolted me. He was next to me now, his face full

concern.

My throat felt like it was closing in on itself, trapping every word I

to say.

lights earlier... they were probably something Hayden programmed before, "Wayne said quietly. "The glitch must've triggered it