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

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Chapter 674 Hayden?

It had to be him. That same silhouette I'd seen in the alley that night.

Last time, I blew it-I fell and missed my chance. Not this time. I stepped forward...and forgot about my busted knee. Yep, down I went, crashing straight to the floor.

"Wow, if you wanted me to catch you, you could've just asked," Cole quipped, smirking as he helped me up.

I ignored him, my focus glued to the stage. Without thinking, I yelled, "Turn on the lights!"

The models froze mid-rehearsal, and the backstage area stayed pitch black.

"I said, turn on the lights!" My voice was louder, desperate.

Ron walked in just then, eyebrows raised. "What's happening? Turn on the lights, now!"

His tone worked like magic. The lights flooded on, way too bright, making everyone blink like deer in headlights- including me.

But I didn't care. My gaze darted from face to face until it landed on the one in the center.

Hayden.

dark. Right there, alive. But something was off-his eyes. The way he looked at me, like he didn't even know me. Confused. Uneasy. None

Cole trailing

you doing?"

finger shot toward the guy onstage, his voice shaking. "H-Hayden... You-you're alive? But how? You..." He trailed off, too freaked out to get the

closer to the edge of

be Hayden. I was

voice catching on the name I'd

didn't

Hayden Hart. That's Xander Zane-the headliner." Cole gestured for the guy to step forward, and he obeyed instantly, hopping off the

tone formal and flat. "Ms. Kay,

that,

It was all wrong. Hayden's voice had weight, that low, velvety tone that made

It was too similar. The sharp angles of his jaw,

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was pale and freakishly perfect,

breaking the tension. "Are we rehearsing or what?