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

Chapter 713

"Yuna..." I called out, desperate to say something anything

But she didn't even look back. She just ran

Wade, who was rushing after he, paused shot me a pained, almost pleading glance.

"Don't just stand there-go after her!" I snapped. "If something happens to her, that's on you forever."

That lit a fire under him. Without another word, he took off.

I let out a shaky breath before heading back to the private dining room.

As soon as I stepped inside, Xander's piercing gaze locked onto me. "If you hadn't come back soon, I was about to come looking"

Normally, I'd throw out some sarcastic comeback, but now? I didn't have it in me.

I hesitated, then muttered, "Yuna found out..."

I laid it all out, every messy detail. Xander didn't say a word. He didn't have to-the way his expression darkened said everything. Anger, shock, guilt-it was all there.

known Wade back when he was Hayden. Trusted him with Yuna. And now this? It was clear Xander was beating himself up just as much as Wade

was about to storm out and find Yuna-or Wade. But instead, he

"Wait, what?" I blinked.

held out

slid mine into his. He pulled

first, I figured we were going to help find Yuna, but once we were

after Yuna?" I asked,

I?"

at him, stunned. Was he

"I'm not that

so detached-felt like

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Xander now, not

a lie. He was

else here, okay? Can you just stop pretending for five seconds?" His jaw clenched. When he finally spoke, his tone was sharp. "You're so obsessed with your boyfriend, you're spiraling. But just because you're losing it doesn't mean you get to use me as some replacement.

I caught his eyes-focused on the road, hard and distant.

what he was looking at so

"Don't turn around."

freeze. I clutched my seatbelt tighter, swallowing back the urge to argue, and stayed silent as he drove, tension thickening with every mile. We hadn't gone