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

Chapter 2

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Jace looked up at the sound, his eyes meeting mine, I didn't need a mirror to know how bad I looked.

"Not feeling well?" he asked, frowning a little.

I walked silently to his desk, swallowing the bitterness in my throat. "If you don't want to marry me, I can tell your mom."

Jace's frown deepened. He knew I'd heard his conversation with Steve.

My throat felt tight. "I didn't think I'd become something 'lacking flavor. Jace-*

"Rea, in everyone's eyes, we're already married," Jace interrupted me.

Rea was my nickname ever since I started living with the Johnstons.

'So what? He wants to marry me for appearances?'

I wanted him to marry me because he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me.

pen and looked at the marriage license application form I was holding. "Next Wednesday, we'll get

waiting for, but they made me feel awful, really

don't have to force yourself. I don't need your

he called

out his hand. Tightening my grip on the form, I saw his

it to me,"

The tension hung in the

a few seconds, he stood in front of me and sighed softly, with a hint of exasperation. "I was joking with Steve. Did you really take it seriously?" "Was

hand slid from my arm

conclusions." He turned and put the form in a drawer, grabbing his coat. have to go out for

he'd be gone for

I called out,

stopped and stared at me with dark, intense eyes. After a moment, he

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he walked up to me with that same smile and called my name. That smile warmed my heart and made me fall for him completely. Even now, I still loved his

birthday, watch shooting stars with you, and... want to marry you?" Every time I wavered, just a smile from Jace and a few sweet words would make me surrender. I felt like a kite, with one end of the string firmly in his grasp. He controlled

me deeply. This time, his words didn't pacify me like they used to. I looked into his "Is it a romantic kind of

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