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

Chapter 193

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Before dawn, I woke up again. After a quick shower, I noticed a text from Hayden reminding me to grab the breakfast he'd left outside my door.

He never asked why I didn't eat the last one, but he still kept making it for me anyway.

I didn't want to waste his effort this time, so I ate the breakfast and headed to work.

When I got there, the place was still empty since I was early. I sketched out my plan for the day, looked over everyone's recent work, and realized I still had some time to kill before the day officially started.

I pulled out my phone and started scrolling through social media. I mean, yeah, it's a total time-suck, but I don't have many friends these days. At least this way, I can keep up with their lives, even if we don't really talk anymore. It was kind of nice to see how they were doing.

Steve posted about some billiards tournament he entered. Lena, the superstar OB-GYN, posted about delivering another baby-she tracks every single one she helps bring into the world. The total so far? 5,566

Five thousand, five hundred and sixty-six babies. Without her posts, I bet even she'd lose count.

I liked her post and threw in a thumbs-up emoji, then kept scrolling. That's when I saw his post. Jace.

He'd written: [For the rest of my life, I will take care of you both]

paired with a cartoon of a mom and

tightened. I knew

He'd accepted Tanya.

were already a ton of likes and comments. People who didn't know we'd broken up were even congratulating me and Jace, like we were

let out a bitter laugh and left my own comment: [Congrats, wishing you

button, I closed the app and tossed my

at my computer

exactly hurt. It was more like this heavy, sinking feeling that

it. Ron's name popped up on the screen, and

I answered. "Mr. Shane?"

the office for the next couple of days." His voice was all groggy, like

he was probably

mean?"

working too hard lately, so I'm giving you a couple of paid days off," Ron

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Chapter 193

Working too hard?

Have I, though?

been taking more days off than actually working lately.

to take fewer days off from now on," said, wanting to make sure I wasn't giving