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

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Chapter 681

I wasn't sure if Jace was actually going to throw a punch, but standing there felt like its own kind of humiliation. Without saying a word, I spun on my heel and walked off, ditching the wheelchair for good. "What a waste of oxygen," Lena snapped at the crowd before rushing over to help me.

Once we were clear, she blurted out, "Rea, didn't he have a mole on his neck? Could he have had it removed? Did you check for scars?"!

Her question made it obvious-she still didn't believe Xander wasn't Hayden. I mean, that face was way too similar to his.

I shook my head. I hadn't believed it either, at first. I'd touched his neck, searching for anything-a scar, a clue, something-but there was nothing.

Lena caught my expression and frowned. She helped me sit down and asked again, "So, what do you think? Is it him or not?"

I hesitated. Sometimes your gut knows what your eyes can't, especially when anything can be faked these days.

"I don't know," I admitted quietly.

in his voice earlier, the look in his eyes when he said he wanted to call the cops-it all felt wrong. Hayden loved me. He made me a charm bracelet, even ordered a custom ring for me. I

have acted

said, "then treat him like

keep

she sighed. "Or, you know, there's always DNA testing. He's a

I muttered. Lena paused,

sighed. "You could've given him a kid. Then at least you'd have something to go on." DNA testing wasn't

that seeps into your bones. The second I got home, I passed out-a rare

I woke up, my phone was loaded with missed calls-Jace, Wayne, Cole, Ron. All of them,

mumbled, his face flashing through my mind. He wasn't Hayden.

right when I was digging into DracoLux? The timing wasn't random-it

1. be.

Xander looked like. Heck, maybe Cole had sent Xander to me on

and now Wayne and Cole were suddenly tight, wouldn't Cole worry about pissing Wayne off with something

hit me-Cole