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

Chapter 552

"Miss, could you help me?"

A slightly frail, middle-aged voice startled me, and I looked up to see an elderly woman with graying hair and pleading eyes.

"How can I help you?" I asked politely..

"Oh, I was hoping you could buy me a cup of coffee," she said, catching me off guard and stirring a bit of pity in me. "I haven't had one in so long because I don't have any money." Without thinking, I nodded. "Of course,"

"Thank you," she replied, gesturing to the chair across from me. "Could I sit here to drink it?"

Since I was already getting her the coffee, letting her sit didn't seem like a big deal. But just as i was about to agree, Jace's voice cut in.

"Excuse me, ma'am, would you mind taking a seat elsewhere?"

I looked up, startled to see him still there. I thought he'd left.

Before I could fully process it, Jace had guided the woman to another table, slipped some cash into her hand, and sent her on her way.

watched, puzzled, as she walked off without even looking at the coffee counter. Frowning, I looked back

Jace said, his voice low. "Her real

not quite following. "So... she

her sit there and bought her a coffee, in less than ten minutes she would've started foaming at the mouth and fainted. Then someone would call the police,

furrowed, and he pulled out his phone, showing me a video of an elderly woman pulling a scam on a young woman, just

on the rise," he said. "They target young women, hoping they'll be kind enough to fall

hard to argue with. I stayed silent, processing it, and Jace didn't push me

he shifted gears. "Did

a quiet "Mm," my gaze drifting down to his hand, where a thick scar

I couldn't say it was my

scarred-but what about the

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hadn't seen him until now, and all I could go by was his face. He

had left on the table. "Were you meeting

that one

I sounded exactly like Hayden whenever he answered me with

the empty seat. "Mind if