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..."

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

it back. "Jace Johnston,

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

and I didn't bring it up either. I just answered his question. "I went to

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

had plenty of chances to

"Rea!"

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

could finish, he cut in

taking my

purpose,

to the faint rustle of him removing his tie. "Fine. If you want to throw

Click!

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He hung up.

up at the sky. A

finally be free-free from Jace, free from the Johnston family, free

I'd always felt like a caged bird, unable to explore the

my wings and reach

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