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

Chapter 473

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I'd only really taken a good look around this hospital room twice-once when I was searching for Hayden, and now, while trying to figure out what to pack.

Wayne crouched in front of me, his voice soft. "Rea, how are you feeling? Any discomfort?"

I was about to shake my head when a knock interrupted us. Jace walked in with the doctor.

"Let the doctor check you over. If anything happens on the plane, it'll be hard to deal with," Jace said, hist gaze briefly flicking to Wayne. I noticed the slight crease in his brow.

As the doctor moved closer, Wayne stood up and stepped aside, naturally giving him room.

The doctor listened to my heartbeat, took my blood pressure, and ran through a full exam. "You're recovering well," he finally said. "Everything looks normal."

"Thank you, doctor," Jace said, sounding genuinely grateful.

Wayne chimed in, "I'll walk the doctor out. I need to pack, too. Jace, stay and talk to Rea."

The door clicked shut behind them, and just like that, it was me and Jace. Alone.

Neither of us said a word. We just sat there, wrapped in silence. I stared into space, lost in thought, while Jace's eyes stayed fixed on me.

felt like forever, he finally broke the quiet.

knowing my eyes were distant, glazed over with everything

me, you wouldn't have come to Houston. You wouldn't have been

have misunderstood." I blinked, then lowered my eyes to the second

softly, "why did you do it? Risk your life to save

bitter smile. "Because if I didn't,

what about your life? Why didn't you think about yourself? I know what happened-if you hadn't given that

him. I smiled again, but it didn't reach

much, might

you didn't make it, what was the point of the 600cc

my eyes to meet his. "Don't overthink it. Even if it hadn't been you that day-if

bit,

little too quickly,

of disappointment in

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guilty," I said, hoping to stop whatever spiral he was about to fall into.

I'm in your life-to help when you need

shared meals, lived under the same roof. How could I

into a sad smile. "Since we split up, you've built so

let you hang on to hope, I'd be just as bad as

didn't pull any punches. He needed to hear it. Only then could he understand that the hurt he felt now? That's what I'd