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."

my cheek, warm and steady. "I'd give

him to say things so bluntly, and

of emotions rolled over me-the time we'd spent apart, my anger, the harsh things I'd said, the way I'd tried to 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 say pretty words. You're the one who pushed me away in the first place, I muttered, leaning forward to nip at

jaw.

stubble, lingering

it into that one bite. But as I did, I

to stop, I rested my forehead. against his chest, trying to catch my

Obviously,

snapped,

he just kept grinning, and I nudged him lightly. "Still laughing?

Chapter 724

I would've stripped him down and pinned

breath brushing my ear. "If you want,

slid into 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

brow.

know what

"Yeah, but you're not just learning.

he quipped, his

In a hospital. Seriously?