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

Chapter 823

I rolled my eyes so hard they almost got stuck. Hayden really had way too much time on his hands. Decorating an urn and stashing a data sync device in a jewelry box? Was this some kind of cosmic joke? Then again, maybe he'd done it to throw people off-make them think it was just a random trinket and not something insanely valuable.

"What the hell is this?" Cole snapped, reaching for the box.

I smacked his hand away. "Chill, Drago. What's the rush? Don't you afraid there's a scorpion inside or something?"

He gave me an annoyed side-eye. "Just open it already. Hayden's brain must be a circus to come up with this nonsense."

Ignoring him, I pulled the tiny red box from its fluffy nest of white feathers.

It was way too light. No way it held the device.

Still, I flipped it open-and, of course, my eyes nearly popped out of my head.

"A ring?" Cole said, his voice somewhere between disbelief and irritation.

of that rock, it

Another ring? First, it was those weird high-tech

it before I could, holding it up like he

ignored his theatrics and focused on the jewelry box itself, poking around

a mission. When that turned up nothing, he grabbed the box and started ripping it apart. Lining, inserts, every layer-it all

replaced with a stormy

he dumped its contents onto the ground, sifting through

a growl, he kicked the urn toward his men.

to give

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hidden compartments, no secrets. Cole's fists clenched at his sides, the tension rolling off him like a storm. Months of

Almost.

no choice but to accept the truth, no matter

I was reeling too. Hayden had told me the urn