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.

now this? It was clear Xander was beating himself up just as much as Wade probably was. "Xan "I started, hoping to cut

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

"Wait, what?" I blinked.

out

slid mine into his. He pulled me up and led me out of

help find Yuna, but once we were

going after Yuna?"

I?" he

him, stunned. Was he

"I'm not that

it-so calm, so detached-felt like a gut punch. He was

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Xander now, not

lie. He was

seconds?" His jaw clenched. When he finally spoke, his tone was sharp. "You're so obsessed with your boyfriend,

on the road, hard and distant.

what he was looking at so intently,

"Don't turn around."

the way he said it-low and commanding-made me 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 far when we