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.

with Yuna. And now this? It was clear Xander was beating himself up just as much as Wade probably was. "Xan "I started, hoping to cut through the tension, but

was about to storm out and find Yuna-or Wade.

"Wait, what?" I blinked.

held out his

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

to help find Yuna, but once we were in the car,

you're not going after Yuna?"

I?" he

at him, stunned. Was he

added, "I'm not that deep in the

so detached-felt like a gut

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now, not

a lie. He

my voice shaking. "There's no one else here, okay? Can you just stop pretending for five seconds?" His

rearview mirror, I caught his eyes-focused on the road, hard and distant. No

started to glance over my shoulder, wondering what he was looking at

"Don't turn around."

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 spotted them-Wade clutching Yuna as she struggled to break free by the side