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

Chispter 702

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Chapter 702

I was completely caught off guard. Instinctively, I ducked my head, twisting to avoid him.

But Wayne was stronger, and when he was this determined, there was no way I could break free.

"Rea, why is it okay for them, but not for me?" he rasped, his voice hoarse with anger and frustration. "I love you just as much as they do maybe even more.

I couldn't think clearly, let alone explain anything. All I wanted was to shove him away, to escape, but I didn't have the strength to fight him off.

His lips brushed the top of my head, then slid to my cheek. When he nuzzled against my neck, I felt the weight pressing on my waist vanished as Wayne was shoved back.

"Mr. Johnston," Xander's voice cut through the tension. "Things between men and women should be consensual. Forcing them? Well, that kind of ruins all the fun, don't you think?"

His tone was nothing like Hayden's. I didn't know how Xander had managed to transform himself so completely, but hearing his voice right then felt like a lifeline.

Clinging to the edge of Xander's jacket, my fingers trembling, I listened as he taunted Wayne with a calm that cut deep.

blame his behavior on being drunk. No, this wasn't about alcohol-this was about me

out of the picture, he'd finally have his chance. Then Hayden came along, wrecking that dream. When Hayden disappeared, he thought he was in the clear-only for Xander to show up and derail everything all over again. The frustration of chasing something so relentlessly,

to talk to me like this?" Wayne snarled, his glare

he'd worn a mask in front of me,

it?" Xander cast a quick glance at me before pinning Wayne with his gaze. Don't you think?"

be. Even though I trusted Xander to handle him, I didn't want

on Xander's

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broken, that even I was

to my core. Walking

hand rested gently on the top of my head. Then he raised an eyebrow at Wayne." Mr. Johnston, shall

mischievous, and undeniably roguish-nothing like

to me. He tore off his tie, spun on his heel, and

breath I didn't even realize I was holding.

me right back to when I first met him. Rugged, unyielding, impossible to ignore. "Hay..." The word barely formed on my lips before he shut it down,

apparently, that wasn't enough. His hand caught my chin, scanning me like

knowing he was Hayden. Anger churned in my chest-this man had faked his death,

to mess with