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

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Chapter 854

Chapter 854

Lena wasn't a stranger to Aaron's place. He'd bought this penthouse before moving abroad, and honestly? The whole thing had been her idea.

She'd told him she loved homes that were spacious, open, and calming. And Aaron? He didn't even blink-just handed her the reins to design it however she wanted. But now, standing here again, it felt... different.

"You remember which room is yours?" Aaron's deep voice snapped her out of it.

Lena pressed her lips together lightly and glanced at the far-left room-the one with the floor-to-ceiling windows. The master bedroom

Back then, she hadn't even hesitated before claiming it as her own. And Aaron? He'd just nodded like it was no big deal.

Now, the memory made her cringe. The audacity of her younger self. "I don't remember," she lied.

"Come on, I'll show you," Aaron said. He grabbed her luggage, heading toward the master bedroom.

"Uncle Aaron," she said, stopping him mid-step.

expression calm and steady, as

"I'll just stay in

isn't a

Lena blinked. "What?"

only two bedrooms: one for him, and one for her. His place was never

breath. "It's not really appropriate for me to stay

said, setting her luggage down. "You sure you want to stay there? If you don't

investigate a

sheer curiosity-she followed him

revealing a room traight out of a minimalist catalog, Black, white, and gray everywhere. Even the bedding booked cold and uninviting. If she stayed here, she'd feel like she'd been dropped into an Icebox. In her mind, she compared it to the master bedroom-soft cream

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decorated it to feel like a hug. Yeah, Aaron in that room?

up his current room, she noted that while it wasn't as

go back to my room," she said, grabbing her

door was like stepping into a time warp. Everything was exactly as she'd left it years ago-her

caught in the

silence behind her. "Take a look around. If