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

Chapter 425

Jace looked at me, clearly still not getting it.

"Tanya was just the final straw," I said, giving him a tiny smile.

I remembered something I'd heard before: 'If you can laugh about it, you're over it.'

"Rea, I don't get it. Fine, blame me for what happened with Tanya, but before that? I was good to you," he insisted, like he just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that I'd checked out long before.

"I'm not saying you weren't good to me," I shrugged. "But did you ever stop to think about how I treated you? Or were you too busy looking in the mirror?" I asked, keeping my voice light.

He stared at me for what felt like forever, then dropped his head. "I didn't appreciate you. That's how I lost you."

"What's the point in rehashing this now?" I said, steering things back to Tanya. "Let's talk about her. You worried your parents won't be cool if you're serious about her?"

"Serious? With Tanya?" Jace snapped. "Do you think I'm a complete idiot?"

valid question, but I kept

that video. Let her. I'm not letting anyone threaten me," he said, full of that

blackmailed-whether in life or in

take a hit, and Matthew? He won't handle that well, I reminded him, tossing

why I need your

Ah, there it was.

expression that made him feel distant. "What do you need?" "Talk to my dad," Jace said, shaking his head. "Wayne and I? We're both brick walls with him. You're the only one who can actually get

a playful

smiled, watching me a little too closely. "I haven't seen you laugh like

smile faded. "Are you seriously ready

after me. All she really wants is money. I doubt she'd

always knew how to

sighed, thinking about how Tanya had used Desmond who

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gathered Firefighters were setting up safety mats, but for a pregnant woman. even surviving a fall wouldn't guarantee the

the belding My eyes flicked up to the roof of the twenty-something story building. There