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

Chapter 685

Thinking back, something about today felt... off. I hadn't been to DracoLux in days, but the second I show up, Xander's there, and chaos breaks loose? Yeah, no way that a coincidence. Someone had to be pulling strings.

1 spotted the guy from earlier-my ashtray victim-lingering in the parking lot. Stepping in front of him, I snapped, "Talk. Who sent you to start this mess?"

His face was still smeared with blood. It might've freaked me out once, but these days? Not so much. Guess I'd grown tougher than I realized.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," he stammered though his panicked eyes said otherwise.

Look, violence isn't ideal, but let's be real-It gets results. One ashtray to the face, and suddenly this guy had a whole new attitude.

I glanced around the dim parking lot, a chuckle slipping out.

He flinched. "Ms. Kay, please don't make this harder than it has to be."

"It's not hard. You tell me the truth, I leave. Easy, right?" I said, fixing my gaze on him.

His panic bubbled up. "I can't. If I do, I'm a dead man."

Classic. He wasn't scared of me-yet-but he was definitely scared of someone.

and

"Ms. Kay..."

family," I said casually, watching every micro-flinch. The way he froze was all the confirmation I

then

face

over his words. "Don't go after Mr. Johnston. If you

him stew. In the reflection of a car mirror, I saw him fumble

the last tiny shred of hope I still had. To finally let Hayden go. Seriously, how much time and effort had he wasted on this petty little scheme? Just

dwell on it, a low rumble broke through the quiet. Headlights flicked on, bright and

Oh, crap.

but something yanked me back hard. Next thing I knew, I was hitting the ground, rolling over like

engine fading into the distance. When I finally blinked the stars out of my eyes, I looked up at

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slipped out before I could stop myself, but I swallowed it back

wasn't Hayden. It

What the actual-?

of him, I stared, trying to process why he of