Chapter 105

'Nothing gets past him, huh?' I thought, stepping back to break the awkwardness. "You totally overstepped just now. Wayne's technically my superior, and you went ahead and assigned him tasks?"

"He just got here. If we don't give him tasks, do you really want him giving them to us?" Hayden's comeback left me speechless.

As capable as Wayne might be, he wouldn't really get what we were doing with the adjustments right now.

"What, would you prefer working with him?" Hayden suddenly asked.

"Of course not," I said quickly, glancing at him—just in time to catch a quick smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Hayden and I kept working as usual, with Wayne keeping his distance. But then Demi came rushing over, wide-eyed. "Keira, what's going on? Is Mr. Johnston's brother here to, like, personally supervise us?"

"Yep, and he's specifically here to keep an eye on you. You'll be working with him from now on," I teased, watching Demi's eyes go wide like saucers.

"Don't do this to me! I do