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..."

hell are you doing? What's going on?" Jace's voice boomed

settled down, I brought it back. "Jace Johnston,

Why didn't you come to get the license with me today?" he

the penthouse, 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

been caught in a lie.

explain. You've had plenty of chances to explain before. Jace, it's

"Rea!"

work

could finish, he cut in with a shout, "What

my annual

doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

removing his tie. "Fine. If you want to throw tantrums,

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He hung up.

smiled softly, gazing up at the sky. A

free-free from Jace, free from the Johnston family, free to live

supported me, I'd always felt like a

spread my wings and reach for

out to find Lena. She'd ditched her shift for me, and I knew meeting her face-to-face would