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

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Chapter 744

'Double standards much? Lena thought, scoffing inwardly. A minute ago, he swore up and down he didn't have a girlfriend. Now he was pulling one out of thin air just to shut someone down? Wouldn't a simple no thanks have worked? "If you

'Oh, come on. Lena mentally rolled her eyes. Why was she being dragged into this mess?

The girl, of course, turned to Lena, waiting for confirmation with wide, hopeful eyes.

Lena glared at Aaron, ready to set the record straight, but before she could, he swooped in again.

don't believe me, ask her," Aaron added, shifting the pressure right onto Lena.

"She was just asking me earlier about taking my girlfriend to the OB-GYN," he said smoothly, his words landing like a grenade.

Lena froze, utterly speechless.

The girl's face shifted through shock, realization, and total embarrassment before she bolted out of the eatery.

"You've been turning down a lot of admirers lately. Pretty smooth moves," Lena teased.

bite. "Your tacos are here," he said, nodding as

hit hard, making her nose sweat, but she couldn't stop herself-it was just that

wonder this place

contrast was almost funny. She looked like a human volcano; he looked like

they finished, Aaron shifted back to business, wrapping up whatever he'd come to talk about. Lena grabbed her

into a time warp, back to when they were kids. She froze, waiting. "If you ever need to know something, just ask me. Don't

"There won't be a next time," she told herself. She wasn't about to get tangled in

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magic. Or maybe just lan

Lena knew, not only was she let in, but Sasha herself came out to

lan? Where is he?"

her eyes scanning the

lan?"

daughter's, right? She must really miss playing

said, dragging the name out like a