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

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

Didn’t

face. you once say that drinking numbs the nerves and can affect a doctor’s ability

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.”

defended herself with

drinking with?” Aaron

leaned against the shoe cabinet for support, her hands gripping the edges to steady

her face. “A farewell,

shifted slightly. “More like

chandeller overhead. “A goodbye to my past with him, a goodbye to the love I held

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Chapter 922

sad?”

immediately. After a few moments of

bitterly. “Uncle, you’ve probably never

have,” Aaron replied

must understand the feeling. I thought it would be the regret of my youth, but surprisingly, life was fair enough to

the contentment on her face, Aaron felt a

more direct with her. But now, he saw the

but ask, “And this ending doesn’t leave

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