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."

didn't know what he wanted, but with Hayden standing right there, this wasn't the place. So, I followed Jace a

off. "I'm on a

"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

His words blindsided me, and I

to get married, fine. You're pissed off and trying to find another guy just to spite me,

were loaded, hitting me with so many implications that it took a second for them to click.

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

his head.

him thinking everyone else was as shady as he was. It got under my skin. Do you really think everyone's as low

clearly

out a bitter laugh. "You'd even go

you before, Tanya and I aren't

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with this argument. "Whatever you two have going

""Is this just your

excuse because you're done with me? Is that why you keep

story you want to tell yourself, fine. Didn't you 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 his side, curled slightly into a