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

Chapter 749

From the look on her face, it was clear-Lena didn't order anything.

I got up to help her with the package, figuring she was wiped from her day in surgery. I double-checked the label. Yep, it was addressed to her.

"Maybe one of your admirers sent you a gift?" teased, setting the box on the table.

Lena gave me a seriously? look but grabbed a box cutter and started slicing it open.

I leaned in to watch because, honestly, I was just as curious.

Big mistake.

The second she pulled back the flaps and opened the inner box, we both screamed like we were extras in a horror movie.

And kept screaming..

Because slithering out of the box was a snake.

Our panic didn't stop until someone outside, probably alarmed by the banshee-level noise, burst in and grabbed the snake.

box like it had a vendetta, brushing past our faces as it slithered

send us both into a full-blown meltdown. This wasn't just a scare-it

I checked, my stomach dropped. It was from the apartment complex I used to live in. Problem? That place was demolished ages ago. Whoever sent this wasn't just being random-they knew me. This wasn't

into the victims had been noticed, and this was their

back off.

so sorry," I said, guilt heavy in my voice as I looked at her pale face. "You're

exactly what I'd been dreading-dragging people I cared about into danger. And now it was

"They sent a snake this time, which means it's just a warning. If you back off now,

it. She shook

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was like

some petty beef. This was the Drago family-a dangerous game where they made the rules. If they wanted to hurt Lena, they wouldn't

"Lena, listen to me. If anything happens to you of this, I'll never

because

when she saw how

been aimed at me, I wouldn't care. But Lena? That

promise me you'll stop looking for the other girls," I pressed, refusing to let