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

Chapter 519

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"Wait here," Jace said briskly, getting up.

Right now, he was acting like he'd do anything I asked, even anticipating what I needed before I said a word. If he'd been like this before, maybe things wouldn't have ended the way they did. But there's no use wondering about what-ifs. I'd closed that chapter for a reason.

As I looked away, my gaze happened to fall on his phone. The screen was paused on a video of me from a few years ago. I had no idea what I'd been doing in it or even why it had been recorded.

For a split second, I felt tempted to pick it up and see, but before I could decide, Jace returned with the

water.

He caught me looking at his phone but didn't seem fazed. Instead, he gave me a casual-smile. "While you were sleeping, I went through some old photos and videos. Turns out you're even prettier now than you were back then."

I took a sip of water, playing along. "Oh, so I wasn't cute enough before? Guess that explains a lot..."

there," he cut in, blocking my jab with a smirk. "Let's not dig

took a few more sips, feeling my

with Tanya?" I asked, popping a bite

heard me. I didn't push, just

spoke. "It's over. Completely, in every

I doubted things had ended as cleanly as Jace was making it sound. But since he was so insistent, I just murmured, "Oh," and kept

of my mouth with his thumb. "Little bit of

my lips together, feeling

you know, some things are just... habit. I only realize it after I've already done

the way he'd checked my forehead earlier-I hadn't even thought to

room came in, talking to her relative. "There was a guy hanging around outside earlier, carrying a food container. Not sure what he was doing." My hand froze mid-bite, and I glanced

so I followed him quietly. And you won't believe this -he just tossed the

vanished. "Which trash can did he throw

me an

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