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

Chapter 643

You watched him get cremated, didn't you? It's probably just a coincidence." Without waiting for a response, he ended the call. His gaze drifted back up to the Ferris wheel, where Keira was still at the top.

I stayed up there until the last of the park-goers had left, until the bright lights. dimmed and melted into the quiet of the night. Only then did I finally step off the Ferris wheel.

Wayne was still waiting, coming over to help me down.

His

eyes scanned my face, like he was trying to read something I wasn't offering.

But I'd left everything up there, spilled out with the view. By the time I was back on the ground, I was just... me again.

"It's late. Let's go," he said softly.

. I trailed behind him out of the park, breaking the silence with, "Tell me about

Demi."

"She's in Lindale. That's all I know. If you want more, you'll have to reach out yourself," he said, careful as always.

He pulled out his phone and tapped out a quick message. "Her number and

address. Sent."

I said, keeping it short. Then I

after me. His voice was steady, but his eyes

heavier. "...Get some rest."

say. But I let it slide, gave him

its viral spectacle, totally dominated the trending topics overnight. But somehow, I was

after drinking at a bar. The post even came with a

this wasn't just some nosy passerby trying to stir the pot. Someone went out of their way to film me and make it go

couldn't care less. If I was bold enough to actually pull something like that, I wouldn't flinch at people finding out. Just yesterday, Lena and I joked about

my stunt, and I wasn't about to let someone else

down was almost too easy. A quick

Tanya stepped into view, I actually blinked in surprise. She was working here now? As a

second throwing her under the bus. "Ms. Kay, whatever you want to do with her is your call. We

need your help to find work?" Tanya's words were as sharp

the proud, polished Tanya I once knew. She was hardened now, stripped of grace, a shell

schemes and settled for a quiet life with Desmond, she might not have been rich, but she could've had peace. Now,

defiant as ever, her posture

I

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"Regret? For what? People are always trying to get ahead, to climb higher. That's all I ever wanted. Is that

now, she refused to see the cracks in her