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.

tacos are here," he said, nodding as the server set

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

place was so

perfectly calm and composed. The contrast was almost funny. She looked

to business, wrapping up whatever he'd come to talk about. Lena grabbed her bag, ready to leave "Uncle Aaron, I've got

first time he'd said her name like that since he'd come back. The tone, the familiarity-it yanked her straight into a time warp, back to when they were kids. She froze, waiting. "If you ever need

coming on but brushed it off quickly. "There won't be a next time," she told herself. She wasn't about to get

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see Sasha but got stopped before she even made it inside.

told the gatekeeper, "Please let Sasha

name worked like magic. Or maybe

let in, but Sasha herself came out to meet

seen lan? Where is he?" Sasha asked,

Lena said, her eyes scanning the house. Toys

is lan?" Sasha

question, gesturing toward the toys instead. "These are your daughter's, right? She must really miss playing with them."

Carter," Lena said, dragging the name out