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

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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."

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

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

accomplishments have been abroad. I'm not just working overseas-I'm recognized globally," he said, sounding proud but not braggy. Just... honest. "Your work's known all over, so what does it matter where 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 type to change her whole life for a guy, even if she loved

resting his chin on her head. "I just think we should be together if we're getting

whoa. That escalated

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 this all just be messing around?" Wow, Nate really had his life figured

get how big of a deal marriage is, but for a girl?

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Lena, who'd been chilling in Nate's arms, turned to face him. Her eyes were all soft, totally

and right as their lips were about to meet-bam! Hayden's hand blocked my view,

up in his arms,

"Hey!" I protested.

out those three words like