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

Chapter 922

+25 BONUS

He was waiting for her?

What for?

“Uncle, you didn’t skip dinner, did you?” Lena’s first thought was his meal.

In truth, he hadn’t eaten. After receiving her message, he had been uneasy all evening, unable

to focus on food.

“You didn’t eat? I’ll make something for you,” Lena assumed his silence was confirmation.

“There’s no need,” Aaron refused.

“Then why were you waiting for me? Is something wrong?”

In Lena’s view, Aaron would never wait for her without a reason.

He gazed at her, his sharp eyes narrowing slightly. “You’ve been drinking?”

She nodded, flashing him a sweet, soft smile. She even gestured with her hand, “Just a little.”

Aaron stepped closer, his tall frame looming over her with an intensity that made her feel small. Though the light above bathed his eyes, they remained dark and inscrutable, filled with a depth that was hard to read.

off.

any impurity. Whatever tension Aaron had felt while waiting for her seemed to ease in that moment.

Didn’t

once say that drinking numbs

faintly revealing a shallow dimple. “It’s fine occasionally. It’s not like I’m drinking excessively. Besides,

herself with

were you drinking

shoe cabinet for support, her hands gripping the edges to steady herself, “He’s leaving.”

eyes settled on her face. “A

pretty eyes shifted slightly. “More like

at the chandeller overhead. “A goodbye to my past with

+25 BONUS

Chapter 922

sad?” Aaron

didn’t answer immediately. After a few moments of thought, she said softly, “A little.”

you’ve probably never loved

Aaron replied without

laugh. “Then you must understand the feeling. I thought it would be the regret of my youth, but surprisingly, life was

on her face, Aaron felt a sudden

with her. But now, he saw the benefit–she had experienced

couldn’t help but ask, “And this ending

having had it is enough,” Lena replied, her view of love catching Aaron off guard.