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

Chapter 650

Chapter 650

Chapter 650

Screwed her over?

I frowned, sending back a quick: [?]

Lena's reply came in hot: [Nate's here!]

Oh, the hotel stunt. I smirked, fingers flying across the screen: [Hope you enjoy the romantic alone time I created for you guys.]

Lena: [Romantic, my ass! I'm about to go into surgery!]

Me: [...]

***

Lena wasn't kidding, and no, the surgery wasn't some lame excuse to dodge Nate-it was real.

Sure, she could've handed it off to another doctor, but nope.

This was her subtle way of saying, 'Guess what, Nate? The universe doesn't orbit around you.'

Why should she rearrange her whole life just because he finally decided to pop back in after ghosting her for months in favor of work?

By the time she wrapped up, it was already pushing 11 p.m.

Nate had sent a text-or even a string

But

nope.

bar was

on their chat. The conversation hadn't moved an inch

even a how was it

actually mad about the whole

empty chat as she made her way to the nurses' station

that was done, she headed for the

she pushed the

were still on. And there, lounging on the couch was Nate. Polo shirt, tailored slacks-classic I'm- important-but-effortless Nate. Nate looked up. "Was the surgery

of her daze. "Oh, yeah! It went

"Waiting for you."

heart skipped a beat. "Uh, I was actually gonna

Nate's tone carried a subtle intensity, pressing her for an

let out an awkward laugh. If she was being honest? Not a

about to shower and, y'know, change," she

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break for it, his voice stopped her cold. "If you have

own feet, barely managing

together, Lena. That means we don't hold back-not with emotions, not with... physical ones too." Lena, who'd seen and heard it all as

I don't need anything," she stammered,

""But I do."

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