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.

sensed something was off. “Uncle,

clear eyes, untouched by any impurity. Whatever tension Aaron had felt while waiting for her

Didn’t

out, brushing aside the strands of hair framing her face. you once say that drinking numbs the nerves and can

occasionally. It’s not like I’m drinking excessively. Besides, doctors are human too. We can’t swear off alcohol entirely just because we

herself with logic.

were you drinking with?”

against the shoe cabinet for support, her hands gripping

settled on her face. “A

pretty eyes shifted slightly. “More like a

to my past with him, a goodbye to

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sad?” Aaron asked

few moments of thought,

bitterly. “Uncle, you’ve probably never loved someone since your youth.”

replied without

gave a faint laugh. “Then you must understand the feeling. I thought it would be the

on her face, Aaron felt a sudden

with her. But now, he saw the benefit–she had experienced and let go of it, leaving no lingering

“And this

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