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

Chapter

642

I didn't stop running until I reached the Ferris wheel.

Since the park opened, it had become the spot-people called it "The Eye of

Seavora."

"Get me on it!" I said.

Apparently, my name carried enough weight to pause the whole ride. The gondola creaked as it started moving, lifting me up and away from everything.

below.

Down there, Wayne just stood, neck craned, his gaze locked on me as I climbed higher.

From the top, the park stretched out like a living postcard. Last time I was up here, Hayden was with me, fiddling with the lights after hours. We didn't just admire the view-we were in our own little bubble, drowning in the bliss of it all. The lights were just as beautiful now. But he wasn't here.

Except... no. He was here.

The lights earlier-it wasn't random. He was telling me something.

spread out: the park, the glittering skyline

was here for him. Just

the wind. "If you

picked out together catching the light." The ring? Still on

flashing lights above, like they were amplifying my

was part of the show. Guess

unexpected spectacle now.

life's full of curveballs, and when you

with it.

the crowd below figured that out. And maybe... so had

***

swelled as Wayne took a call. On the other end, a staffer

of the Ferris wheel. His eyes flickered with something unreadable as he dialed another number. "Get me a full report on tonight's light glitch. I want

it was a technical hiccup. But the so-called "accident" felt too precise, dredging up memories Hayden had

Hayden had a sentimental streak, programming his emotions into the lights like a love letter. But a

buzzed again. His

"Yes, Jace..."

park?" Jace's

dazzling display still spilling over the park. "But

you really think

tightened around the phone. "What are you