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

Chapter 922

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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.

was off. “Uncle, what’s

Whatever tension Aaron had

Didn’t

once say that drinking numbs the nerves and can affect a doctor’s ability to

chuckled, her smile faintly revealing a shallow dimple. “It’s fine occasionally. It’s not like I’m drinking excessively. Besides, doctors are human too. We can’t swear off alcohol entirely just because we hold a scalpel.”

herself with logic.

you drinking

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

settled on her face. “A farewell, then?”

slightly. “More like a

tilted her head back to look at the chandeller overhead. “A goodbye to my past with him, a goodbye to the love I held in my youth.”

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Chapter 922

make you sad?” Aaron

few moments of

never loved someone since your youth.”

Aaron replied without

be the

contentment on her face, Aaron felt

being more direct with her. But now, he saw the benefit–she had experienced and let go of it, leaving

ask, “And this ending doesn’t leave you with

all. Just having had it is enough,” Lena replied, her view of love catching