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

Chapter 129

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I didn't even realize Lena was there until she handed me a cup of tea. "Jace is such a jerk. I never thought things would get this ugly once he showed his true colors."

I took a sip, letting the warmth seep through me. "Turns out, he was just pitying me."

Even though Jace and I had broken up, the memories of the good times still clung to me. But today, his words shredded those memories, leaving only the bitter truth behind.

Lena put a comforting hand on my shoulder, rubbing it gently. "Better to see him for what he really is now than later."

I didn't say anything, just stared into my cup. Lena nudged me. "Wanna get back at him?"

"What?"

Jace's words had cut deep, reopening wounds I thought were long healed, dragging me back to the worst time of my life.

He wasn't totally wrong-after the car accident that killed my parents, when they were lying cold in the morgue, I really did feel like I was all alone in the world. I had no idea what to do.

go home. I thought about ending it just so I could be with them

me I'd be living with them now, that they'd be

the only thing I could hold onto in all that darkness. I honestly believed the world still had some love left for

meant something more. Looking back now, it probably wasn't

back then, I saw it as a ray of

without him, that you don't need him at all." "Guys like him, with all their stupid pride and arrogance, need

she was just as pissed as

out a bitter laugh. "You think this is some kind of TV drama where you can just start a relationship

that?"

And if it helps you get rid of Jace once and for all, and makes him see

the floor, my thoughts all jumbled. But Lena wasn't

not," I shook my

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brought this up and he took it seriously, I'd be in

the best choice, and you know

about it," I mumbled,