Chapter 682

1 muttered a half-hearted reply and headed for the meeting room without bothering to ask who was waiting

"Wait up," Ron called after me. "That model from yesterday-he's seriously not Hayden."

"I know," I said, biting the edge of my coffee cup. "I buried him myself."

Ron just nodded and let me go. That's when I saw who was waiting inside.

Jace.

His eyes fixed on me like he was trying to read my mind.

Too bad for him, I was in a great mood today. For the first time in weeks, I'd actually put on makeup. Heck, I'd even looked in the mirror before leaving and thought, 'Dang, I look good." Even the pain in my injured leg decided to chill out. Walking didn't hurt for once.

"You're late," Jace broke the silence as he checked me out, his tone super casual.

"Yeah, but my boss is cool. No pay dockings here," I shot back. His face froze for a second.

at RiverwaveCorp, being late meant

place, but the lights were off. I was worried," he said, his voice all

crashed," I

thought you'd be

I asked bluntly. We both knew that's why he

Hayden," Jace said, pulling out his phone. A second later, mine

overnight. It's all there." He paused briefly, then added,

coffee cup. "I know

relaxed a little-until I added, "Xander

"What's that supposed

coffee, leaving

"Rea, stop. Hayden's gone. You loved him,

hurt," I said

like I'd slapped

showing up in front of me. What do you think that feels like?" "So what? You're going

he was angry, because his

head. "I'm not

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