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."

owning the moment. Jace's face darkened, but Lena? She couldn't care less. She still held a grudge over, well... everything. And she never passed up

handy. It's great for her recovery. You know, your brother's way ahead

Mic drop.

caught Aaron smirking like

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

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

the models were already lined up. Their matching

one of them is a walking thirst trap," she

instead of their

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

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

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

up fast. Perks of being the one signing

quick," he huffed, stepping aside. Lena took that as the cue to wheel me closer,

straightened when they noticed us. 1

her eyes landed on

My gaze stayed locked on

Hayden, I've