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

Chapter 434

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Hayden and I ended up snagging the room right next to Nate's, which worked out perfectly because, let's be real, I was dying to see if Lena was gonna spend the night with him. I didn't really care about staying at the hotel-just straight-up nosy.

The second we got to our room, we made a beeline for the balcony. I wasn't even all the way outside before I caught Nate's voice floating over.

"Lena, have you ever thought about working abroad? With your skills, you'd kill it overseas," he said, voice all soft and serious.

I crouched down, peeking over the edge. Sure enough, there they were-Nate had his arm around Lena, both leaning against the railing, staring at the city lights.

"I haven't really thought about it... until tonight," Lena's voice was quieter than I'd ever heard it-like a totally different person from the cool doctor I knew. "Would you consider it?" Nate asked, still soft.

She didn't answer right away, so he kept going. "If you wanted, I could help set things up for you."

his name, and I knew something serious was about to drop. "Have you ever thought about coming

was a pause, then Nate replied, "No." But he said it like he'd thought about it a million times before. Lena snuggled closer into his chest.

you are?" Lena paused, then added, "But Nate, my family, my friends, my whole life is in Kehlmark." Ugh, I got a little choked up. Lena was never the

I'm not trying to push you," Nate said, resting his chin on her head. "I just think we should

whoa. That escalated

of being sweet. But his words hit me. Once they got married, one of them would have to make a big sacrifice. "Have you really thought about marrying me?" Lena teased, trying to feel out how serious he was. "Yeah," Nate said, no hesitation. "I've wanted you to be my future wife since I realized I loved you. If I didn't, wouldn't

always get how big of a deal marriage is, but for

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chilling in Nate's arms, turned to face him. Her eyes were all soft, totally lost in the moment. She didn't say a word-just

and right as their lips were about to meet-bam! Hayden's

could even react, he wrapped me up in his arms, dragging me away from

"Hey!" I protested.

said, throwing out those