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."

the moment. Jace's face darkened, but Lena? She couldn't care less. She still held a grudge over, well...

with a sly smile, "the chair's pretty handy. It's great for her recovery. You know, your brother's

Mic drop.

Aaron smirking like he was enjoying the

candy," Lena shot back,

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

the models were already lined up. Their matching

of them is a walking thirst trap," she

faces instead of their six-packs," I

I can't see them properly from here. Can we get closer?" She craned

no-nonsense stage manager swooped in. "What are you doing here? Backstage is

I said, calm but firm. "I'm here

fast. Perks of being

aside. Lena took that as the cue to wheel me closer, practically buzzing with

straightened when they noticed us. 1

her eyes landed on

stayed locked on

"If that's not Hayden, I've