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

Chapter 690

I froze.

Did he just... reverse-rizz me?

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My cheeks went hot, and I realized too late that I'd totally walked into his trap. All this time, I'd pegged him as some clueless rookie, but nope-dude was playing in the major leagues. Not bad.

I fought back a smirk, keeping my expression cool. "Don't flatter yourself."

I put down my bowl, breezed over to the couch, and turned on the TV.

Meanwhile, Xander was annoyingly unbothered. He cleaned the table-wiping off the soup I'd accidentally sprayed on him, washing the dishes, even tidying up the kitchen.

"Mind if Luse your bathroom?" he asked

"Knock yourself out," I said, keeping mo

But I couldn't shake his earlier comm normal.

eyes glued to the screen.

It lingered, like a song stuck in my head, making it impossible to act

me really had

shower," Xander added, snapping me out of my

as ever, like

innocent comment into

his hair and gave him a quick

clothes I could change into?" he

second, fighting the urge to snap, 'No, wear the

"Even

clear. He didn't say Hayden's name, but we both knew who the "old

but he didn't flinch. That maddening calm of his

even call them out without sounding ridiculous. And here I was, fully

I'll find

hit hard. These weren't just random hoodies or tees-they were Hayden's. Every thread had a memory stitched into it,

at Xander. A new thought hit, and I hated it: if he wore

second, I was reminding myself that Xander wasn't Hayden, and the next, I

Hayden's clothes, caught in

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Chapter 690

Perfect timing-or maybe not.

I checked the security cam, and my stomach

Jace.

he doing here this