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

were the words I'd been waiting for,

looked down, shaking my head slightly. "Jace, you don't have to force yourself. I don't need your

he called my full

eyes as he reached out his hand.

to me," he

still. The tension hung in the

hint of exasperation. "I was joking with Steve. Did you really take

"You know men like to save face." His hand slid from my arm to my

and put the form in a drawer, grabbing his coat.

he'd be

called out, "do

intense eyes. After a moment, he smiled, a faint dimple appearing on

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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 smile. Smile had

with you, and... want to marry you?" Every time I wavered, just a smile from Jace

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

eves