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

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"It's not your fault. Everyone looks out for themselves first. It's human nature," I said sincerely, not blaming Demi.

Demi and I were close, but even between best friends, self-preservation comes first.

"Keira, I-" Demi grabbed my arm, trying to say something else.

I cut her off. "Mr. Johnston made it clear: if we don't fix the lighting issue, it's on us. We don't have time for anything else. Let's just get this done." Demi's eyes went wide. "But it's not our fault. They're acting like we messed up."

"We're in charge of this project. Any problems are on us. No

excuses. If we don't want to deal with the fallout, we need to fix it," said, keeping my voice firm.

Demi nodded silently and turned away, muttering, "He's doing this out of spite."

I got it-Jace's actions were totally driven by his issues with me.

I sighed. I knew it all too well. But the more he pushed, the more determined I was to resolve the issue flawlessly, leaving him no room to complain.

fulfilling my dad's dream. It had

dad was a perfectionist, and I wanted to show him that

the contact

and the construction team.

1/3

to meet on-site to discuss the issues and solutions.

night before, I gave her the day off to rest. I decided to

things out with Jace, but I needed to resolve

leave, Tanya walked up to

think we have anything

the HR records and knew Tanya had joined

in the project department, our teams didn't usually interact, so her

you want, Ms. Twain?" I asked, keeping

a supervisor. Jace's actions were like a guy totally whipped, giving her the job despite the inevitable backlash. He showed no regard for my feelings, even though I was his fiancée, and Tanya had just been involved in a scandal

matter,"

time. "Sorry, it's work

uncomfortable. She bit her lip. "Can we talk

gotta head out. Got

around to make

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