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

Chapter 834

Whether she'd make it out alive or not, Lena knew there was nothing she could do now but

wait and sec.

Meanwhile, I was going nuts waiting for Jace to hand the ring over to the police. Every second felt like a year, especially since I was still trapped in Cole's villa with no way to leave.

Jace hadn't returned since the day he left. Yara told me Cole had intercepted him, and now I couldn't stop imagining the worst. What if Cole had found the ring?

To make things worse, Cole had gone completely MIA and blocked every communication signal in the area. I was officially cut off from the outside world.

I'd tried escaping multiple times, but the security system on the door stopped me every time.

The only silver lining?

Yara.

She wasn't exactly stressed about the whole "house arrest" thing. Instead, she dragged me into random activities-face masks, recipe experiments, and even trying to recreate the chewy candies Jace had brought. "You should just open a foodie shop," I teased one day, trying to distract myself. "You'd get to taste everything first, sell the leftovers, and make bank."

"That's genius," Yara said, pointing at me. "If I do, you'll be my VVIP member for life."

I snorted. "Just two Vs? Nah, I want three-ultimate privilege."

"Three Vs means you'd be the boss. You'd get first dibs on everything and leave the scraps for everyone else," she shot back, playing along.

any news. I couldn't take it anymore. Every day, I called Jace, but his phone never connected. Finally, I turned to

happen-it was Cole's system, and he'd be way

to leave any loopholes. But

front of the door, and it slid open

stood there, completely stunned, before fury bubbled up

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left Yara free to

made it worse? Yara didn't even look

all the frustration I'd been bottling

"Not my fault. I'm the key-you just didn't think to use me. Besides, what would you have done if you had

I wasn't going to sit here stewing any longer. I grabbed my phone, booked a taxi, and bolted. The second I was in the car, I tried Lena's number, not expecting it to go through. But

it did.

Are you okay? Where are you?" I blurted out, relief and panic crashing together. There was a pause. Then, a voice I wasn't expecting said, "Keira, it's

Ace... is Lena with

he said bluntly, the weight of the word hitting me

she was, but my throat tightened, the

you'll see her soon," Aaron added. "I'll

My chest tightened, emotions crashing over me like a wave, threatening to spill

said, "Hayden will

just saying that to