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."

warm and steady. "I'd give up the whole world before

wasn't like him to say things so bluntly, and that one line

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

jaw.

grazed his stubble, lingering until I reached

my pain, the stupid games we'd played-pouring it into that one bite.

to stop, I rested

Obviously, he read

I snapped, my

he just kept grinning, and I nudged him lightly. "Still laughing? What, can't keep

Chapter 724

wasn't hurt, I would've stripped him down and

ear. "If you want,

motion, making it

or go home" kind of guy. But now? His offer sounded way too practiced. "Getting creative, huh? Looks like your 'modeling

brow.

"You know what they say-learning

learning. You've been practicing,

technique?" he quipped, his hand wandering

In a hospital. Seriously?