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

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Chapter 727

It felt like another riddle waiting to be solved, but honestly? The less I knew, the safer we both were.

Hayden kissed my forehead. "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere-my little monster needs me."

Little monster?! Okay, adorable. I grabbed my phone and immediately updated my chat app username to match.

Steve noticed in about two seconds flat. [Who are you planning to attack now?] he messaged.

I smirked, thinking, 'Monsters don't attack-they just make sure no one messes with

them."

It had been a while since I'd heard from Steve. After Houston, all I knew was he'd sold his pool hall and gone off the grid.

Considering how messy things got back there, I couldn't blame him for bailing. Honestly, it was probably the smartest move.

I fired back two words: [Fighting demons!]

Steve replied almost instantly. [How have you been lately?]

was good or not didn't really matter. If he'd been keeping up with the news, already know. The fact he asked meant he hadn't been

bad,] I typed

owed

off guard, when another message buzzed in: [I feel

that's what he thought-that it was all on him. But he had no clue he'd just been a pawn, a

didn't do anything wrong], I typed. [It was fate,

no idea what Steve was up to these days, but it was clear he'd put some serious distance between himself and the chaos. He didn't even know what was happening with

meant he'd stepped way

drag him back into the

Steve needed to know was that

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didn't reply, I didn't push. Some conversations don't need an

+25 BONUS

things and headed to Yuna's kindergarten. But this time, she wasn't out there leading games. Another teacher had taken her place. "Excuse me, where's Yuna?" I asked, trying

resigned," the

hit like a

to college," she explained, and just

wanted to avoid him, college wouldn't

expression wasn't exactly warm. Not