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

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Jace had been our only real connection, but now? He wasn't tied to either of us anymore. Life's funny like that.

"Oh? Haven't seen him lately?" I asked, my smile faint but knowing.

Tanya didn't dodge it. "No, I haven't."

"Already missing him?" I teased, half-joking.

"Maybe a little," she replied, unexpectedly blunt.

"Then go find him."

Tanya smirked. "If I could find him, do you think I'd waste my time asking you?"

Talking to Tanya was like tiptoeing through a minefield-one wrong move, and boom.

The more combative she got, the calmer I felt. Crazy, isn't it? The guy who used to bend over backward for you just vanished. Men's hearts-so 'reliable', right?" "No need to rub it in," she snapped.

before. I couldn't help but wonder what Jace

Her answer was sharp, no

only made it more obvious. That kind of firm denial? Always a dead giveaway someone's hiding

now. Tanya didn't respond, so I

trying to poke at her-I was just saying how I

riding a bike together or carrying groceries home, I think, that must be what happiness looks like." I gave her a soft smile. "You've had that before,

it to the top, but in this bar? She

buy for a second that, on nights like this, surrounded by loud music and fake smiles, she didn't feel that

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defiant, letting out a

abruptly. "Keira, you've gotten real chatty lately. What, trying to be some kind of savior? If so, save it for somewhere else you're barking up the wrong

back. If letting her talk down to me made her feel better,

stepped out of the bar and froze

assumed she didn't want to see

in a place like this? Out of money?" I asked

money to make,

argue

fiercely independent. Even though she could've leaned on

but say, This place isn't clean