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

Chapter 43

Chapter

43

I'd been here for days and hadn't seen any of Macy's kids or grandkids visit. I didn't ask much about it. She seemed to think of Hayden and me as her own.

One night, while I was getting ready for bed, Lena called, asking when I planned to come back.

"I haven't decided yet. I'm really happy here. It's the happiest I've been since my parents passed away," I told her.

I even considered extending my leave, staying until I got tired of the place.

"Maybe you don't want to leave because of that soldier," Lena teased.

Thinking about my few but oddly heart-stirring interactions with Hayden, I said, "I wouldn't say I can't leave, but when he's around, my heart definitely feels more alive." "Sounds like you're healing pretty well," Lena joked.

I stayed quiet for a moment, then Lena asked, "Has that jerk Jace contacted you at all? Not even a text?"

I licked my lips. "...No."

thinks you'll never

right. Staring at the moonlight outside my window, I murmured, "This time, I'll show

asleep while talking to Lena, waking up before dawn to find the call had ended. Lena left

can live without Jace. These past few days have proven it. I

to drift off again when my phone beeped

text me in the

message was from Jace:

but I could feel his anger through

for so long, and now he decides to message me? And he still thinks I was just sulking. totally clueless about his

it and shut

and wandered

Hayden coming out, a

to see me, pausing for a second before silently

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not even slowing down, and in no time,

stood there, dazed for a

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