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.

called Jace, but his phone never connected. Finally, I turned to Yara in desperation. "What if you try the door? Maybe it recognizes you as a Drago

anything to happen-it was Cole's system,

any loopholes. But

stepped in front of the door, and it slid open

bubbled

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Yara free to roam? I could've

it worse? Yara didn't even look

this the whole time?" I snapped, venting all the frustration I'd been bottling up over the past weeks.

just didn't think to use me. Besides, what

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

it did.

out, relief and panic crashing together. There

heart skipped. "Mr. Ace...

weight of the word hitting me

ask where she was, but

Aaron added. "I'll let you know

reassuring. My chest tightened, emotions crashing over

said,

that to make