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.

how about this? I'll name names, and you just

"Ms. Kay..."

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

him a second, then tossed

face drained

stumbling over his words. "Don't go

bother answering, just turned and walked away, letting him stew. In the reflection of a car mirror, I saw him fumble for his phone, his fingers trembling as he

not just to humiliate Xander, but to shove it in my face. Like, 'Look how pathetic he is. He's no Hayden.' It wasn't subtle-he wanted me to drop the last tiny shred of hope I still had. To finally let Hayden go. Seriously, how

low rumble broke through the quiet.

Oh, crap.

thing I knew, I was hitting the ground, rolling over like we were in some action

finally blinked the stars out of my eyes,

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could stop myself, but I

Hayden. It

What the actual-?

process why he of all people had just saved me. I mean, this guy