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

Hello 676

Chapter 676

"Rea, what's with the wheelchair?" Jace's voice cut through the chatter.

I turned to see him walking over with Aaron.

Jace rocked a crisp white shirt, while Aaron was in all black Total opposites, but together? They had that annoying "main character energy" that turned heads. "Wow, look at that," Lena muttered. "Everyone decided to show up today."

No kidding. All this fuss over a light show? Wild.

But I knew why Lena was snippy-Aaron. She'd rather choke on her coffee than deal with him, but since he was a client here for the event, we had to play nice. Jace came up fast, his eyes locking on my legs. "Where are you hurt?"

"It's just a scraped knee. Chill, I'm fine," I said, trying to downplay it.

Jace wasn't buying it. "Yeah, sure. Totally fine in a wheelchair?"

Lena jumped in before I could answer. "Oh, that's on your brother. He freaked out, said if she didn't use the chair, he'd carry her instead. So, here we are."

She still held a grudge over,

handy. It's great for her recovery.

Mic drop.

Aaron smirking like he was enjoying the drama.

some eye candy," Lena shot back, all sass, before wheeling me toward

tech-it had a live segment with male models decked out in glowing

we rolled in, the models were already lined up. Their matching costumes made them almost blend together, but Lena's

Every one of them is a walking

their faces instead of their six-packs,"

here. Can we get closer?" She craned her neck like a

we could, a no-nonsense stage manager swooped in. "What are you doing

Kay from OceanixCorp," I said, calm but firm. "I'm here to check on the

him up fast. Perks of being

go on, so make it quick," he huffed, stepping aside. Lena took that as the cue to wheel me closer, practically buzzing with

when they noticed us. 1 scanned the lineup,

blurted when her eyes

locked on the guy with Hayden's face, my

shook her head. "If that's not Hayden,