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

Chapter 13

The amusement park was almost finished, and I didn't want to bail at such a crucial time.

Around noon, while I was organizing my stuff, Demi came up to me with a weird look on her face. "Keira, are you on your period?" I stared at her. "Why? Am I not allowed to?"

"No, no." Demi shook her head frantically. "I mean, Mr. Johnston's been in a terrible mood today. Guess he's just sexually frustrated."

I paused, then realized what she meant.

I tapped her head with my pen. "Focus on your work during work hours and stop with the

nonsense."

Demi giggled and handed me the report we reviewed at the site yesterday. "I'm not just making this up. Everyone's scared of Mr. Johnston today. Anyone who went into his office. came out looking miserable."

I remembered Jace angrily throwing the roses in the trash this morning. I couldn't tell if he was in a bad mood because I didn't let him off the hook like I usually do, or if it was because I talked about breaking up. "Did you guys have a fight?" Demi pried.

Snapping back to reality, I shot her a look. "Get back to work, or you'll be the next one looking miserable."

I sat there for a moment, lost in thought, then got back to organizing my work. I reviewed and

didn't reply, and I didn't

grab some water and ran into Jace. His expression was as dark as Demi had described, and it

the report I

me and walked

on it. Back in my office, my phone rang with an unfamiliar

Tanya's voice came through the

why she was calling me. Before I could ask, she said, 'I'm at the café downstairs from your

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meet last night?' I thought, so I declined. "I'm at

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until you get

a tactic to force me to meet her. I

working. It wasn't until everyone had left for the day that I headed to the café, surprised to find

footsteps behind me. Jace strode past

out, looking