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

the words I'd been waiting for, but they made me feel awful,

slightly. "Jace, you don't have to force yourself. I

called

his impatient eyes as he reached out his hand.

it to me," he

stayed still. The tension hung in the

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

to save face." His hand slid from my

form in a drawer, grabbing his coat. have to go out for a

be

I called out, "do you

at me with dark, intense eyes. After a moment, he smiled, a faint dimple appearing on his

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the Johnston residence; 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

I go all the way across town to get your favorite baked pears, bring you roses every 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

pacify me like they used to. I looked into his "Is it a

eves