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

Chapter 994

Chapter 994

The curtain lifted slightly, and Lena felt a whisper of cold air brush against her skin. Her fingers dug into the wall

once more.

She didn’t see the look in Aaron’s eyes.

He had known she was hiding behind the curtain.

But he hadn’t expected her to be dressed like that…

There was a saying among men–of all the countless things that could be considered alluring, a woman wearing nothing but a man’s shirt was undoubtedly one of them.

“Aaron?” Xandra called out when he didn’t move.

Aaron’s fingers loosened, and instead of pulling back the curtain, he let it drop back into place, Stepping in front of it, he said, “I just remembered I have something to take care of. Let’s check it out another time. I’ll take you home.”

Xandra hesitated, sensing a brief flicker of something unreadable in his demeanor. Her eyes drifted toward the curtain for a second, but in the end, she nodded and followed him out.

Lena waited, listening to the sound of the car engine fade into the distance before she finally emerged.

Her back was damp with cold sweat, a small patch of the white shirt clinging to her skin.

Even without seeing his expression, she knew Aaron had seen her just now.

If she had the chance to erase any memory from her life, it would be this one.

Pushing the thought aside, she bolted toward the laundry room, desperate to change back into her clothes and leave immediately.

As she passed by the coffee machine, she caught sight of her abandoned cup.

So he knew.

He had known from the moment he walked in that she hadn’t left.

Which meant-

embarrassment. Her entire

had let it happen on

Aaron-!

Lena’s blood boiled.

furiously changed back into her clothes, grabbed her

roads difficult, and cabs were nearly impossible to hail. But no

second longer, and Aaron

might actually die of humiliation.

her

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he was the most appropriate person to

the current situation,

having a pretend boyfriend

had questions

called him for

why had Aaron shown up instead?

exceptionally reliable fake boyfriend, arrived in

had been waiting

smile, reaching over to open the

flashed back to the night before–how Aaron

all

into the passenger seat and slammed the door shut–perhaps a little too

chuckled. “Who pissed you off

have a question,” Lena said, cutting straight to the

“Shoot.”

to the police station

ever. “But by the time I got there, you were already gone. The hatted man told me Uncle Aaron had

was so smooth, his face completely

eyes at him.

tell Aaron

Ron asked,

She hesitated.