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

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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.

I couldn't stop myself from asking, "How did you even find

hard if you really wanted to

I had been tearing the city apart looking for her and still came

more than the rest of us," I

Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down.

me and pouted

it's true-after chaos comes good

jokes, shaking off some of the stress from

with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs

giving Lena a

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Nate here, there wasn't much

see you out," 1 offered, remembering Aaron's request. Plus,

it," Nate volunteered, stepping

stay with your injured girlfriend." I handed him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually uses this." I winked at Lena as I

of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena

there. If not for him... Lena might

trailed off, and I could only nod. Lucky,

I said gently, linking my arm with