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

Chapter 694

"Do you remember who it was?" Ron pressed again.

"I think you need to focus on healing and getting back to work," I said lightly, dodging. "Your daily check-ins are the highlight of my day." Then I hung up with a laugh.

Wayne stepped inside as I set my phone down, placing the bouquet on my desk. He studied me for a moment. "It's been a long time since I've seen you smile like that."

"It was our boss," I said, using Ron as my cover story. "He got scratched up by his girlfriend and was complaining to me about it."

"Let me guess-he went to a club," Wayne said, casually. saw him there."

My pulse stuttered. He saw Ron? And Ron mentioned seeing someone who looked like Derni. If Ron wasn't mistaken, then... did Wayne see Demi too?

And if she really was in Seavora, what about the person she was so terrified of?

I'd always had my suspicions. That person might just be Wayne.

"Is that so? Seems like all you men have a thing for places like that," I teased, watching for a reaction.

calm, almost amused.

girlfriend wasn't buying it. Made a whole scene," I said, lifting the bouquet he'd brought and taking a sniff. The sweetness was cloying, almost too much. Wayne's tone shifted. "I heard you had some trouble at DracoLux. Why

chill crept up

he was the one pulling the strings. If Xander hadn't

I decided to keep up

him a faint smile. "Smashed

furrowed. "Next time, call me. Don't take risks like that.

had gotten hurt, you'd make him pay with half his life, wouldn't you?" I asked,

Wayne said, his voice softening as his gaze rested on me. "Rea,

words, the way he could feign such depth after orchestrating the whole thing-it

time to think. I clamped a hand over

heard the scrape of Wayne's chair

gripped the sink, staring at my reflection in the mirror as

hating someone could actually make

ties to the Drago family's dirty dealings,

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