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

Chapter 25

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I smirked. Lena could tell something was up. "Did you dig up something about him and Tanya?"

She totally got where I stood.

"He handed Tanya a penthouse that was supposed to be mine," I spilled quickly.

Lena went quiet for a beat, then clenched her jaw. "Are you gonna..."

She didn't need to finish-I knew exactly what she meant. "I'm not falling for him again."

"What a jerk! If you take him back, he'll just keep pulling this crap!" Lena shared my take on relationships.

"I know."

"Okay, let's figure out our next move. Take his call, hear him out, then meet me," Lena paused. "I'll get someone to cover half my shift."

I wanted to tell her not to bother, but she'd already hung up.

Jace's call kept coming. Finally, I picked up. "Hey..."

the hell are you doing? What's

down, I brought it back. "Jace Johnston, I told you yesterday in front of your parents that

give me that. Where are you? Why didn't you come to get

and I didn't bring it up either. I just answered his question. "I went to Cloudscape Monastery to hear Abbot Levinsky preach." My words seemed to stun Jace

caught in a lie. "Rea, let

had plenty of chances to explain

"Rea!"

way, I've finished organizing all my work and

finish, he cut in with a

taking my

purpose, aren't

of him removing his tie. "Fine. If you want to throw tantrums, be my

Click!

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He hung up.

at the sky. A bird soared past, free and

from the Johnston family, free

like

and reach for

headed out to find Lena. She'd ditched her shift for me,