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."

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

mumbled, "It's my fault, though... the things I said to

to Jace in the heat of our last

shoulder, her voice soft. "Hey, don't overthink it. This isn't

the hospital,

the Johnstons. I

the idea of him actually

me. If he was gone, I wouldn't

I'd felt lost, like my mind was spiraling with

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

gone.

don't we visit

was a good idea. I hadn't been up there since Jace and

a wish while I'm at it," she said, trying to brighten

the day off, and I was beyond grateful to have

realized the recent rains had totally washed out

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it'll take at least two hours hiking,"

to the monastery, but now it was blocked. And still, I felt this weird pull to