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

Chapter 186

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I didn't catch anything Jace said after that. What I'd just found out hit me like a truck.

All the questions I'd had were finally answered, but I never saw this coming.

Desmond had been someone I knew pretty well-thin, always smiling, the kind of guy who'd look out for everyone. I never imagined his death was because he couldn't deal with his wife hooking up with Jace. No wonder Jace was a total wreck after Desmond died... because it was his fault.

Suddenly, everything made sense-why Desmond's parents treated Tanya like dirt, why they didn't want anything to do with the baby she was carrying. They probably didn't even think it was Desmond's kid. I wasn't even that mad at Jace for cheating on me before, but now, standing here, I realized just how low he'd really gone. He was the reason his so-called best friend was dead.

Lena must've seen the change in my face, because she pulled me aside.

Once we were in her break room, I just sank into a chair, totally silent for what felt like forever.

I hadn't been super close to Desmond, but thinking about how desperate he must've been in those last moments made my skin crawl. It was like I could feel the weight of everything crushing him. "Jace is... unforgivable," Lena spat, her voice tight with anger. "And now Tanya's got him wrapped around her little finger. Even if he doesn't want her, he probably feels like he owes her.

"And honestly? He deserves it. And Tanya... blaming Jace now, like she didn't send him signals? Please. If she hadn't led him on, none of this would've happened,

She's ready to throw Desmond's only kid under the bus

words were sharp, filled with rage, but I just sat there, picking at my fingernails, barely hearing her. Finally, in a quiet

Tanya what to do, but this wasn't

squeeze. "I get it, but even if we stop her now, she could still go somewhere else later, if that's really

her plan, she's not keeping the baby. And honestly? Even if she did, what kind of life would that kid have, caught up in all this? A quote popped into

I had

baby growing inside Tanya was already a life-and it was Desmond's legacy. If it was gone,

of helplessness and sorrow hit me

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Chapter 186

even more than when I first found

left, he won't let her go through with it," Lena said, fully

eyes, exhaling slowly. "Let's hope he's

everything, my phone buzzed. Jace's name flashed across the screen. I answered, and before I could say a word, he started

off on the procedure? Don't let Tanya go through

once, he actually sounded like a