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

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

course, it was

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pull off something like this with the lights. This wasn't some random glitch; it was intentional. It

being reckless. So, he staged

point.

punch to the chest. I

Just the crowd, losing their minds, chanting,

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

snapped off. Boom-total darkness. The cheers cut out like someone had

everything

lights exploded back on, brighter and more colorful than before, flooding

world? It

magic Hayden had left

okay?" Wayne's voice jolted me. He was next to me now,

concern.

answer. My throat felt like it was closing in on

to say.

lights earlier... they were probably something Hayden programmed before, "Wayne said quietly. "The glitch