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

Chapter 945

Chapter 945

After hanging up the phone, Lena was restless for the rest of her shift.

She’d never felt such an urge to return to Aaron‘ residence, but today, she left work early and went straight there. However, the usually punctual Aaron was nowhere to be found.

She called him. “Uncle, why aren’t you home?”

“I’m at the old house,” he replied, which only made Lena more anxious.

“Is Briana there too?” she asked.

Aaron hummed in affirmation and then added, “If you have time, you should come over.”

His words immediately reminded her of the time he had jokingly told her to be ready to perform emergency resuscitation. Given her grandparents‘ age, they might not be able to handle this situation well. Being there in person to monitor things seemed like the best course of action.

Lena rushed to the Ace family’s old home, where everyone was gathered: her grandparents, her parents, and even her father, Gabriel. Her parents sat on either side of her grandparents, likely to ensure nothing drastic happened.

Aaron sat alone on a sofa, looking somewhat like a prisoner under interrogation.

Dressed in a tailored high–end suit, he exuded the aura of someone interrogating the older generations, rather than the other way around.

the room was tense. Briana’s eyes were red, her grandmother dabbed at her tears,

She had a good idea of what had happened but tried to lighten the mood by saying, “Why is no

shot her a glare, clearly unimpressed. Lena felt like an innocent bystander dragged

this mess.

Aaron and risk being labeled a co–conspirator, she chose to sit in her grandfather’s usual

she sat down than Briana barked, “Is that a seat for you?”

jumped up as if stung by

up on her behalf, his tone calm but firm. “Sister, why are you snapping at Lil‘ Lena? If you’re upset, yell at me or hit me.

gestured for Lena to sit next to him.

sat down beside him. Regardless of where she sat, she knew she was destined

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just doesn’t understand why you’re doing this. We can accept you wanting to reconnect with your biological family–that’s your choice. But why make a public statement announcing that you have no blood ties to the Ace family?” her

he wasn’t biologically related to the Ace family? That was like slapping the family in the face, letting the world know the Ace family had no male heirs and had to adopt

have my reasons for doing this. When the time comes, you’ll understand.”

same line he had used to brush her off before, and now he was using it on