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

Chapter

53

I gulped down over half the glass. "He left Chiverton a while ago.

"Hmm?" Lena sat cross-legged across from me, her face curious.

"I turned him down, so he left. Apparently, he had work to do," I said making Lena pause.

"He left? Didn't he try harder?" Lena shook her head. This guy lacks persistence."

"He knows when to back off, he's not the clingy type," I said, thinking about Hayden's rugged and sturdy demeanor.

Lena tilted her head, looking at me. If he had tried a bit harder, would you have-"

"No," I cut her off. "I won't use one person to heal the wounds another man caused."

*So, no one can easily replace Jace Lena concluded

I gave a faint smile. "Jace agreed to break up with me."

Lena was stunned.

put down my glass. "I'm just here to shower and change before heading to the Johnstons. I need to clear things up with Matthew and Lindey. Jace and I... we're

didn't want to let go, or that I felt

years. I'm letting go of not just Jace, but my youth and all

mood, Lena stretched out her long leg

go. Out with the old, in

the old,

this, I stood up.

the faucet. The water

water flowed down my hair, across my

eyes...

the Johnston residence, it was just after lunch.

shears. "Rea, you're back! I've missed you so much.

looking both angry and

sorry for worrying you. I heard you were sick,"

not your fault," Lindey said, pulling me to the couch

popped it into my mouth. "Are you feeling

everything better,"

made it hard for me to say what I needed

Matthew? Is he