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

Chapter 724

Hayden didn't say a word.

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I wasn't sure what he meant by his silence, but the thought of him with Yara made me snort coldly. "Of course you're not scared. You've never exactly been short on women, have you?"

His eyes stayed locked on me. That look made guilt creep up my spine.

Just as I was about to demand why he was staring like that, he finally spoke. "What I fear more than anything is seeing you hurt."

Oh.

So, he was willing to let me hate him, push him away, yell and scream-all to keep me safe.

His intentions really were painstakingly sincere.

I got it. I really did. That desperate kind of love, where the thought of losing them terrifies you more than anything else.

"Stop with the sweet talk," I shot back. "You're just trying to get off easy. Love isn't about bailing when it gets hard-it's about sticking together through it."

fingers brushed my cheek, warm and steady. "I'd give up the whole

to say things so bluntly, and that one

hurt him. I'd even let myself get close to someone else, just to make him jealous. Thinking about it now, he must've been wrecked. "All you ever do is

jaw.

stubble, lingering until

stupid games we'd played-pouring it into that one

to stop, I rested

softly. Obviously,

I snapped, my

I nudged him

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him down

he leaned closer, his breath brushing my ear.

motion, making it very

short-circuited for a second. Hayden had never bothered with alternatives before he was more of a "go big or go home" kind of guy. But now? His offer sounded way too practiced. "Getting creative, huh? Looks like your 'modeling gig'

brow.

"You know what they say-learning never

just learning.

my first. Want to help me perfect my technique?" he quipped, his hand

In a hospital. Seriously?