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Even though I'd moved on from Jace, the sting of what he did was still there, like an old bruise that hadn't quite faded.

"Rea, you poor thing," Lindey said, her eyes blazing with that fierce protectiveness she was known for. You went through all that and didn't say a word? That place was supposed to be yours. You should've kicked her out! I wouldn't let a stray cat stay there, let alone her!"

No wonder Matthew always tiptoed around her. Besides loving her, he was probably scared out of his mind to get on her bad side.

But Jace and I were history, so what was the point of dragging this up again?

I tried to calm her down. "It's over, Lindey. Let it go."

"Maybe you're over it, but I'm not. I'm getting that place back today, she declared.

I couldn't help but smile a little. "Even if you boot her out of that penthouse, Jace can just buy her another

one."

Tanya might've been the one in the middle, but it was Jace who put her there in the first place.

He was the real problem, not her.

one, that's his problem. But that penthouse was meant for you. No other woman deserves to live

warmed my heart

she was defending me the way a

not worth it, Lindey," I said, trying to talk her down. "You don't need to go

would definitely think I was behind it. And the last thing I needed was to get pulled back into that mess or have Tanya thinking I was trying to one-up

upset. I'm going to make them so mad they'll want to scream.

reasoning. There was no talking her out of it, so

your own house... I see him, I'll knock his

of Gavin showing me the penthouse. How did Lindey even find out about that day? I was pretty sure Jace still had no clue why I'd really

lost in thought, before finally

he might be in the

he went back to his room? I was about to turn around when I heard the bathroom door open, and Hayden walked

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me, his gaze different from usual, and my heart skipped a beat, a weird,

about how we'd almost gotten carried away earlier, I awkwardly pouted,

Instead, he walked right up

we'd left off, so I raised my hand, ready to

Lena had given me.

Hayden

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