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 going on?" Jace's voice

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

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

and Tanya hadn't told him about my visit to the penthouse, and I didn't bring it up either. I just answered his question.

he'd been caught in a lie.

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

"Rea!"

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

in with a shout, "What

taking my annual

purpose, aren't

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

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He hung up.

softly, gazing up at the sky. A

free from the Johnston

Johnston family had supported me, I'd always felt like a

spread my wings and reach for the world

shift for me, and I knew meeting