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..."

Kay, what the hell are you doing? What's going on?" Jace's voice boomed

pulled the phone away from my ear, letting him vent. When he settled down, I brought it back. "Jace Johnston, I told you yesterday in

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

about my visit to the penthouse, and I didn't bring it up either. I just answered his question. "I went to Cloudscape Monastery to hear

knew he'd been caught in a lie. "Rea, let me

to explain. You've had plenty of

"Rea!"

way, I've finished organizing all my work and sent everything to the right

in with a shout, "What

my annual

this on purpose, aren't

removing his tie. "Fine.

Click!

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He hung up.

the sky. A bird soared past, free and

could finally be free-free from Jace, free from the Johnston family, free to live

felt like a caged bird, unable to explore

could spread my wings and reach for the world I'd

to find Lena. She'd ditched her shift for me, and I knew