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.

everything spread out: the park, the glittering skyline

here for him.

shouted, my voice ripped away by the wind. "If you

in the air, the ring we picked out together catching the light." The ring? Still on my finger.

voice rang out, tangled with the flashing lights above, like

went wild again, cheering and screaming like this was part of the show. Guess the earlier chaos was old news-they were all

unexpected spectacle now.

and when you

with it.

that out. And maybe... so

***

crowd's cheers swelled as Wayne took a call. On the other end, a staffer

Ferris wheel. His eyes flickered with something unreadable as he dialed another number. "Get me

so-called "accident" felt too precise, dredging up memories Hayden had hardwired into the

streak, programming his emotions into the lights like a love letter. But a random glitch

buzzed again. His gaze was still locked on Keira when he

"Yes, Jace..."

on at the park?" Jace's voice was

lights malfunctioned," Wayne replied, his tone measured, eyes briefly darting to the dazzling display still spilling over the park.

you really think Hayden

grip tightened around the phone. "What are you trying