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.

The thing had launched out of the box like it had a vendetta, brushing past our

thing-we weren't just scared of snakes. Anything remotely squirmy, even a caterpillar, could send us both into a full-blown meltdown. This wasn't just a scare-it was a calculated move

Problem? That place was demolished ages ago. Whoever sent this wasn't just being random-they knew me. This wasn't about Lena. It was a

victims had been noticed, and this was their

back off.

said, guilt heavy in my voice as I looked

I'd been dreading-dragging people I cared about into danger. And now

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

it. She shook her head, her expression hardening.

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scared off that

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back down was like trying to

This was the Drago family-a dangerous game where they made the rules. If

my grip on her hands. "Lena, listen to me. If anything happens to you of this, I'll

because

she saw how shaken I was. You're more scared than

threat had been aimed at me, I

for the other girls," I pressed, refusing