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

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"You said you'd been suspicious of Wayne for a while. What about Jace? You were working with him, but when he was surrounded by crocodiles, you just... stood there. Why?" I finally asked, a question that had haunted me for ages. Even though Jace and I had ended things, that moment stuck in my head, like a bad movie scene I couldn't skip. I'd even dreamt about it.

I'd asked Jace once, but his answer didn't feel real. Hayden's answer? That's the one I needed.

"Testing him," Hayden said, cool and straight to the point.

"Testing him? He's Wayne's brother."

"He is," Hayden said, not budging. "But not entirely. There were... other reasons.

"Like what?" I pressed, trying to stay patient.

I was sitting sideways, avoiding his bandaged arm. His face was out of view, but his voice stayed steady.

"Because everything pointed too perfectly at Wayne, like it was staged," he explained.

His words pulled me back to

events of

went south as soon as I moved into Wayne's villa. The danger seemed aimed

a trap

Jace knew that. But since you and Jace were done, he had no reason to stop Wayne. The easiest way to keep you apart was to

how much he loved you, risking his life and all that. And two,

with me? That's why you didn't help him-you wanted to see how

read his expression, but his face stayed calm as ever. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the doctors finish wrapping his wounds

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pretty nurses handle that," I teased, gesturing to his bandages." Pretty sure

mine, unflinching. "I didn't want

1 froze, blinking.

man just rizzed

his arm lightly. "Be serious.

he did

delusional. This wasn't just about me. It was about

memory of

How could you love me and still act so indifferent, like it didn't