Chapter 690

I froze.

Did he just... reverse-rizz me?

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My cheeks went hot, and I realized too late that I'd totally walked into his trap. All this time, I'd pegged him as some clueless rookie, but nope-dude was playing in the major leagues. Not bad.

I fought back a smirk, keeping my expression cool. "Don't flatter yourself."

I put down my bowl, breezed over to the couch, and turned on the TV.

Meanwhile, Xander was annoyingly unbothered. He cleaned the table-wiping off the soup I'd accidentally sprayed on him, washing the dishes, even tidying up the kitchen.

"Mind if Luse your bathroom?" he asked

"Knock yourself out," I said, keeping mo

But I couldn't shake his earlier comm normal.

eyes glued to the screen.

It lingered, like a song stuck in my head, making it impossible to act

because part of me really

added, snapping me

as ever, like

his innocent

the dried soup in his hair and gave him

have any clothes I could change into?" he

shut my eyes for a second, fighting the urge to

added, "Even

Hayden's name, but we

he didn't flinch. That maddening calm of his made me second-guess myself, like I was the

even call them out without sounding ridiculous.

find something," I

or tees-they were Hayden's. Every thread had a memory stitched into it,

thought hit, and I hated it: if he

was reminding myself that Xander wasn't Hayden, and the next, I

there, clutching Hayden's clothes, caught in my

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Chapter 690

Perfect timing-or maybe not.

I checked the

Jace.

doing here

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