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

Chapter 391

Jace's face was cold, like way colder than I'd ever seen it.

"Huh?" The guy next to him blinked at me, totally confused. "Mistaken? No way, your fiancée is gorgeous, how could I—"

"My fiancée's at home with my parents," Jace cut in, already walking off, his legs moving like he couldn't get away fast enough.

"What? But..." The guy's eyes darted between me and Jace, completely thrown. "They look so alike... practically the same person."

I stood there, frozen. He didn't lie to embarrass me, which, honestly, I didn't see coming.

Jace, of all people, could've called me out and made this painfully awkward for Hayden and me. But he didn't.

Even when he walked past, he acted like I wasn't even there-like he didn't recognize me.

This version of Jace? He wasn't the guy I used to know. No more fiery temper over dumb stuff. Now he could just walk by, emotionless, like I was a total stranger.

Since he came back, other than that one time he popped up outside my place in Willow Residences, he hadn't tried to see me again.

He's over me....right?

when Hayden

glancing up at him. His face was hard to read, but after what just

I could say a word, Hayden's other hand messed up my hair in that playful way he always did. "It's nothing." he said softly. "We'll probably run into stuff like this again."

course Jace wouldn't miss his buddy's event. But here we were, and switching hotels would've been too obvious. Jace's appearance left Hayden and me in this

first, but Hayden yanked me back, his lips crashing

his kiss now? It felt different. More intense. Like maybe

finally pulling back, his forehead resting against mine. I watched his chest rise and fall, still feeling his

about my past with Jace,

voice came out rough.

froze. Couldn't argue with that-it

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loved Jace for ten years. We'd even been engaged. That fact wasn't going

going to be an issue for

up, dark and

looking at me-hungry, almost

heat wrapping around me. "You're gonna leave me, is

staring instead at his chest, the rise and