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?"

him about our meeting, so

time 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?"

my hands

I've explained everything. Stop making

words made me

scrubbed my fingers, noticing the small dent in my left middle

to pull Jace away from a fight when he was drunk.

promised to fill it with the largest

using your supplementary card to shop," I said amidst the sound

Desmond's parents blamed her for

off all her cards. She needs

+15 BONUS

off the faucet and faced him. "Jace, are you indebted to Tanya or

widened in shock, and I could see the veins on his forehead bulging. "What nonsense

are you so attentive to Tanya? Or... thought about the gossip on Demi's phone." Did something happen between you two in

voice turned cold. "Are