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

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"Am I not good enough? Or am I unworthy?" Ron admitted boldly.

But Keira and Lena both took his words as a joke. The more straightforward he acted, the less believable it seemed.

Perhaps Ron was feeling bored with fewer people around, so he took it upon himself to play the role of an enthusiastic protector. He lavished attention on both Lena and Keira, which ended up annoying Hayden. "If you're trying to impress a girl, stop buttering up my wife." "President Hart, wasn't it you who begged me for favors, treating me to meals, and giving me a raise so I'd look after your wife? This is just a habit now, okay?" Ron shot back without a hint of politeness.

Hayden remained unruffled. "That was then; this is now. From now on, keep your distance from my wife. Besides... if you're doing all my tasks, what's left for me to do?"

"Haha," Ron chuckled. "Why didn't you just admit you wanted to please your wife from the start instead of putting on an act?"

"Ron, no wonder you've been single for thirty years," Hayden quipped mercilessly.

Ron wasn't fazed. "I'm about to leave singlehood soon."

He turned to Lena after saying this. "Isn't that right, Dr. Lane, the stunning beauty?" Lena played along as if cosplaying. "It's an honor."

agree?" Ron's eyes

hesitated before nodding.

reaction was so exaggerated that Keira

stepping in and shielding Lena behind him. Ron planted his

answer. Rarely was a woman's intuition wrong, and Keira could sense that Aaron felt differently about Lena. Lena, however, always denied it, likely because she couldn't reconcile her feelings internally. After all, Aaron was her uncle-a relative everyone had told her to

to go fishing? I'll take you," Aaron didn't answer and instead grabbed Lena's hand, leading

to go after

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want to pursue Dr. Lane," Ron declared with

around Ron's shoulders. It's

a relationship, right? I'm single too. We're not even ten years apart in age, we have common interests, and we get along well. How is this

starting

Lena probably hadn't realized Ron was this eamest

doesn't feel the same way

doesn't feel that way now, but once we're in a relationship, she'll fall for me eventually," Ron said with the