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

me really had thought about him staying

Xander added, snapping

stood there, cool as ever, like

innocent

dried soup in his hair

I could change into?"

fighting the urge to snap, 'No, wear

he added, "Even old clothes are

Subtext. Loud and clear. He didn't say Hayden's name, but

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

so composed, you can't even call them out without sounding ridiculous. And here I was, fully

find something," I

hard. These weren't just random hoodies or tees-they were Hayden's. Every thread

it: if he wore Hayden's clothes, would he

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

Hayden's clothes, caught in my own

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Chapter 690

Perfect timing-or maybe not.

the security cam, and my

Jace.

was he doing

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