Chapter 650

Chapter 650

Screwed her over?

I frowned, sending back a quick: [?]

Lena's reply came in hot: [Nate's here!]

Oh, the hotel stunt. I smirked, fingers flying across the screen: [Hope you enjoy the romantic alone time I created for you guys.]

Lena: [Romantic, my ass! I'm about to go into surgery!]

Me: [...]

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Lena wasn't kidding, and no, the surgery wasn't some lame excuse to dodge Nate-it was real.

Sure, she could've handed it off to another doctor, but nope.

This was her subtle way of saying, 'Guess what, Nate? The universe doesn't orbit around you.'

Why should she rearrange her whole life just because he finally decided to pop back in after ghosting her for months in favor of work?

By the time she wrapped up, it was already pushing 11 p.m.

had sent a

But

nope.

The notification bar was

tapped on their chat. The conversation hadn't moved an inch since his earlier

Not even a how was it going after all

about

over the empty chat as she made her way to

was done, she headed

she pushed the door open, she

was Nate. Polo shirt, tailored slacks-classic I'm- important-but-effortless Nate. Nate

out of her daze. "Oh, yeah! It went fine. What are you

"Waiting for you."

skipped a beat. "Uh, I was actually gonna

a subtle intensity, pressing her for an

If she was being honest?

just about to shower and, y'know, change," she mumbled, jerking her thumb toward the

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for it, his voice stopped her

feet,

His gaze locked onto hers. "We're together, Lena. That means we don't hold back-not with

I don't need anything," she stammered,

"But I do."

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