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."

serious was about

like he'd thought about it a million times before. Lena snuggled

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,

said, resting his chin on her head.

That

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

might not always get how big of a deal

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face him. Her eyes were all soft, totally lost in the moment. She didn't say a

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

in his arms, dragging

"Hey!" I protested.

for kids." he said, throwing out those three words like he was making a