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

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Chapter 587

Lena sent another message: [Seriously, if you hadn't responded in another hour. I was going to call the cops. Do you even know what was going through my head? I was lowkey convinced Jace had done you in after you know, having his way with you I had to laugh Lena's imagination was next level. I just hit her with a thumbs-up emoji

Lena: [it's not that crazy. Stuff like that makes the news all the time, you know? Anyway, when are you coming back? Are you flying home today? Did Steve win the competition??

I glanced at her barrage of questions, then at my situation, and hit her back with the safest reply I could think of [Not sure yet]

Lena: [777]

Me: [Might stay here a bit longer. Not sure I'll be back to this place anytime soon]

I didn't want Lena to freak out, so I threw in a little white lie.

Lena: [Alright, live your best life then. Let me know when you're back-III throw a mega welcome-back_party. *]

Reading her message, I suddenly felt this weird, heavy feeling in my chest. Like, this irrational fear that I might not make it back. It hit me out of nowhere.

I didn't know where it came from, but I couldn't shake it So I sent her a voice note:

Keep half as, like, my

my phone started ringing with a video call from

was probably freaking out, so

going on? Where

massive villa. "See? I'm

sound."

now, though she was still

who mentioned how crazy things have been lately, and with all these plane crashes... I figured

what?" Lena interrupted. "Turn the camera around so I

wasn't going to relax until she saw me for

throwing in a goofy peace sign for extra

a long, serious stare, Lena finally chilled. "If you ever

murder you"

moving my face

you staying at? Is it Jace's? Her curiosity

sounded totally caught off guard. Then she asked. "Why are you

so I lied. "It's safer here than in a

weird ideas," she said, all

"Shut up."

but then she got all serious. "Hey, you