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

Chapter 534

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I heard about Jace's car accident two hours later-Wayne was the one to break the news.

"Rea, Jace was in an accident," he said, his voice tight with worry. "He's in surgery... Can you come to the hospital?"

My hand started shaking, and before I knew it, my phone slipped right out of my grip and crashed onto the

floor.

Wayne must've heard the thud. "Rea, are you okay? What happened?"

Lena was in the kitchen, cooking, but at the sound, she rushed over, eyes wide with concern.

Wayne's voice came through again. "Rea, we're not asking you to come for, like, a blood transfusion or anything. We just thought... maybe you'd want to see him. Because..."

He hesitated. "Because when they put him in the ambulance, the only name he was calling out was yours."

Lena shot a look at the phone, then back at me, and picked it up without missing a beat. "Jace and Keira are over. She doesn't need to hear this."

Lena hung up. She sat down next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "Unreal," she muttered. "After all they've put you

"It's my fault, though... the

no idea what I'd said to Jace in the

just kept her hand on my shoulder, her voice soft. "Hey, don't overthink it. This

hospital, but the worry wouldn't let

the Johnstons. I hated

idea of him

gone, I wouldn't even have the right to hate

parents' deaths, I'd felt lost, like

visit my parents' graves, but I hadn't been able to face it.

gone.

why don't we visit Cloudscape Monastery?" Lena offered

a good idea. I hadn't been

little peace, and I'll make a wish

she had the day off, and I was beyond grateful to

mountain, we realized the recent rains

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it'll take at least two hours hiking," Lena said,

funded the road up to the monastery, but now it was blocked.