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

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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.

penthouse was meant for you.

warmed my heart

felt like she was defending me

said, trying to talk her down. "You don't

definitely think I was behind it. And the last thing I needed was

to make them so

There was no talking her out of it, so

chick in your own house... I see him, I'll

my phone down and stared at the ceiling, replaying the memory of Gavin showing me the penthouse. How did Lindey even find out about that day? I was pretty

there for a bit, lost in thought, before finally getting up and

he might be in the kitchen, but nope, not

to turn around when

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different from usual, and my heart skipped a beat, a weird, uneasy

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

the bait. Instead, he walked right up to

up where we'd left off, so I raised my

ointment Lena had given me. I'd left it in the bathroom,

hadn't expected Hayden