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

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spun around, and sure enough, there was Jace. He shot a glance my way but aimed his question at Demi. "Where are you headed?"

"Keira's got ulcers. I'm grabbing her some spray and meds," Demi replied, not missing a beat.

The moment she finished, Jace made a beeline for me,

"Have you not been drinking enough water?" he asked,

He knew me too well. My body had a thing for overheating if I didn't stay hydrated, which meant plenty of water and porridge-like meals. Skip either of those, and I'd be dealing with nosebleeds or mouth ulcers. After ten years together, Jace had all my quirks down pat

But hearing him bring it up now felt like some twisted reminder of what he'd told Steve-that we "just know each other too well",

"To well" that I no longer intrigued him. Not like that Tanya did.

"Mr. Johnston, is there something you need?" I shot back my voice icy and formal, ignoring his question altogether.

Jace's face darkened. He opened his mouth to say something, but then he caught sight of Hayden beside me. His expression tightened before he turned back to me. "Come over here. We need to talk."

what he wanted, but with Hayden standing right there, this wasn't the place.

off. "I'm on a tight

halted, his jaw clenched in obvious frustration. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? Trying to

words blindsided me, and I was left

"You don't want to get married, fine. You're pissed off and trying to find another guy just to spite me, fine. But don't go after someone we both

a second for them to click. Especially that last part-my mind immediately

told Jace about Steve's visit. But what threw me was how Jace had

his head.

own messed-up logic had him thinking everyone else was as shady as he was. It got under my skin. Do you really

narrowed, clearly not getting

bitter laugh. "You'd even

"I've told you before, Tanya and I

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you two have going

""Is this just your

with me? Is that why you keep dragging this out?" Jace

say we just know each other too well? Too well that you're not interested anymore?" I brought it up again because that wound was still fresh. Jace's hand, hanging by