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.

park was my way of fulfilling my dad's dream. It

and I wanted to show him that his daughter was just

with the contact info

and the construction team.

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to discuss the issues and solutions. But they couldn't come until

Demi hadn't slept much the night before, I gave her the day off to rest. I decided to visit

Jace, but I needed

I was about to leave, Tanya walked

we have anything to discuss,"

checked the HR records and knew Tanya had joined the company three days ago in the

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

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

in the administration department but also appointed as 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

a personal matter," Tanya

the time. "Sorry, it's work

even more uncomfortable. She bit her lip. "Can we talk

my bag. "I gotta head out. Got other plans

fell. She looked around to make sure no one was

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