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.

looked at the marriage

waiting for, but they made me feel

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

Kay!" he called my full

out his

to me,"

tension hung

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

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

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

each time, he'd be gone for

I called out, "do you like

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

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name. That smile warmed my heart and made me fall for him completely. Even now, I still loved his smile. Smile had always been charming and warm. I remembered

with you, and... want to marry you?"

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

eves