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

Chapter

18

My heart was touched. Even though I was a foster child in this family, Jace's parents treated me with the same care and love as their own daughter. They made me feel like one of them.

I remembered Jace's brother, Wayne, joking that ever since I joined the family, both he and Jace had been knocked down the pecking order

Lena was right. I could break up with Jace, but breaking away from his family would be much harder.

I took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Everyone's eyes turned to me, and Lindey quickly got up and came over. "Rea, you're back. We were just waiting for you to have dinner,"

"Hey Lindey, Matthew," I greeted them. Jace, who had been kicked by Matthew, stood up and

came over.

He took my bag. "Why are you back so late?"

tell him about our meeting, so there was no point in

you want to go,

out for fun, especially without him. He definitely didn't want me spending time with his friends alone. Yet, he went out with his late buddy's wife and even gave her a supplementary card he never gave me. I

Jace followed. "What's wrong?"

I'm fine," I said, washing my hands and giving

everything. Stop making

me

fingers, noticing the small dent in my left

I had cut it while trying to pull Jace away from a fight when he was drunk. A chunk of flesh had been lost, and though it healed, it left a permanent

had promised to fill it with the largest diamond ring, but I

supplementary card to

stiffened. "Don't misunderstand. Desmond's

She needs

+15 BONUS

"Jace, are you

veins on his forehead bulging. "What

to Tanya? Or... thought about the gossip on Demi's phone." Did something happen between

Jace's voice turned cold. "Are you