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.

snap, Jace closed the pen and looked at the marriage license

been waiting for, but they made me

down, shaking my head slightly. "Jace, you don't have to

called my

meet his impatient eyes as he reached out his hand. Tightening my grip on the

to me," he

still. The tension hung

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

to save face." His hand slid from my arm

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

he'd be

out, "do you like

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

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smile warmed my heart and made me fall for him completely. Even now, I still loved his smile. Smile had

you. Why else would 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

deeply. This time, his words didn't pacify me like they

eves