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 do this for

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

course, it was

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had his name written all over it. Nobody else could pull off something like this with the

being reckless. So, he staged all this to make

point.

to the chest. I

Just the crowd, losing their

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

off. Boom-total darkness. The cheers cut out like

split second, everything

just as suddenly, the lights exploded back on, brighter and more colorful than before, flooding the

world?

magic Hayden had left behind-it was gone, just like

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

concern.

answer. My throat felt like it was closing in on itself, trapping every word I wanted to

to say.

"Wayne said quietly. "The glitch must've