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

Chapter

772

I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

couldn't stop myself from asking, "How did

if you really wanted to

right. Nate and I had

more than the rest of us," I

dramatically behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And yeah, it clicked immediately

me and pouted playfully. "Rea,

"Guess it's true-after chaos

few jokes, shaking off some of the stress

should head home and rest. Mr. Ace

giving Lena a

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here, there wasn't much else

remembering Aaron's request. Plus, it gave Lena

can do it," Nate

had sent up. "Here,

over Lena like moms do. I closed the door behind them,

was there.

off, and I could only nod. Lucky,

I said gently, linking my