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.

asking, "How did you even

hard if you really wanted to

about them didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing the city apart looking for her and

guess you care about Lena more

walking off, his long coat sweeping 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

me and pouted playfully.

"Guess it's true-after chaos comes

jokes, shaking off some of the

should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs waiting to take

Lena a worried glance.

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there wasn't much else they could

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

do it," Nate volunteered, stepping

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

mom gave a final round of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena

sighed. "We're lucky Aaron was there. If not for him... Lena

I could only nod.

Lane, it's over now," I said gently,