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

Chapter 687

A sharp sting snapped me back.

"Ow!" I flinched, trying to pull my hand away, but Xander's grip didn't budge.

"Stay still," he said, his voice low, calm-soft, even. "It'll be over in a second."

This guy. His mood swings were wilder than a summer storm, and I was no closer to figuring him out. The nurse worked quickly, skilled and efficient. In no time, she pulled out a glass shard and held it up like a trophy. "See? It's pretty big. If you hadn't gotten this out, it

would've just kept hurting, stuck like that."

I stared at the shard, trying to remember when I could've gotten it. It must've been when I smashed that ashtray earlier.

The nurse disinfected my wound and wrapped it with a bandage. Just like that, I was done. Good to go.

"Thank you," Xander said to the nurse and finally released my hand.

I pulled it back awkwardly, staring at the bandage for a beat before looking at him. "What about you?"

"What about me?" Xander blinked, then caught on. "I'm fine. Not a scratch."

Okay, that didn't add up. Considering he'd just played superhero, dodging a car and rolling us across the ground, he should've at least had, like, dirt on him or something.

Guess his soft-boy vibes were just for show.

we stepped out of the treatment room, I gave him a side-eye. "Alright, spill. What's your deal? Payback? *

a

couldn't ignore how much his attitude toward me had flipped. It

He tilted his head,

'saving my life' thing?" I waved my bandaged

of me," he said, like it was the most obvious

square," I said, swiping at him like a cat batting at string. Out of nowhere, he hit me with, "Do

froze, my eyes flicking to his face. "At first? Yeah. But now?"

because of this face,

face means a lot to me. If something happened to it, I'd lose... a piece of

I smiled faintly. "But I know

other, he threw me off again. "Does your

and spun around. "Wait-now you're saying

of clients or

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person. Specifically you."

soft laugh. "So now you want to be my

was all business. "Do you still feel the same way

I was dead serious about it, he shot me down

"And if I said no? Would you