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 had to be perfect,

was a perfectionist, and I wanted to show him that

returned with the contact info for

and the construction team.

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discuss the issues and solutions. But they couldn't come until the day after tomorrow, so I had to

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

with Jace, but I needed to resolve matters with his family

leave, Tanya walked up to me and asked, " Can we

we have

checked the HR records and knew Tanya had joined

the project department, our teams didn't usually interact, so her coming to me

Twain?" I

actions were like a guy totally whipped, giving her the job despite the inevitable backlash. He showed no regard for my feelings,

a personal matter," Tanya

the time. "Sorry, it's

uncomfortable. She bit her lip.

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

around to make sure no

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