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

Chapter 826

Yara crossed her arms. "Even me, huh? What's next, locking up the family cat? Aren't you even a little worried about karma?"

Apparently, Cole had decided to throw her under house arrest with me.

Honestly, I wasn't shocked-just a little meh about it. This was Cole, the guy who'd literally set his own mom on fire for power. Compassion? Not in his vocabulary. Jace just stood there like a bored spectator. Whether it was at the funeral or now, he felt like a completely different person.

"Aunt Yara, you're one of Hayden's people. Right now, anyone tied to him could be a liability. I'm just keeping all my pawns in one place, ready to play." His tone was all Then he side-eyed Jace. "Right, Jace? Back me up here."

Jace ignored him completely, looking straight at me instead. "You okay?"

smug.

"Fine," I said, but my worry got the better of me. "Any news about Lena? Has Mr. Ace done anything?"

I knew it was dumb to ask with Cole right there, but I couldn't help it-I was too anxious.

"Aaron's with her. Chill. Focus on yourself for once."

Aaron wouldn't let

just some boring businessman. The guy

Cole. "You can keep Keira here but leave her alone. If it weren't for Hayden, she wouldn't even be

fake innocence. "Oh, come on. If she'd just hand over whatever Hayden left her, I'd treat her like a queen. But nooo, she's too stubborn." He made this exaggerated 'what can ya do?' gesture. Then, he added, "Why don't you try convincing her? You two had ten years of-what was it? 'fiery passion. Maybe that'll

he said, ice-cold. "Do you really want me teaching

his hands up like, 'who, me?" "Relax, man. Just speaking facts.

over, I was still the

Chapter 826

at it-he was

a real handful.* Before I could fire back, Jace stepped in. "Don't let him get to you," he said quietly. "You'll be fine. Yara's here now." Okay, fair again. I'd been wanting to talk to

a glance at Cole. "Take

wasn't a threat, but the weight behind his words hit hard-like, 'don't mess

energy.'

and Cole followed, leaving just me and Yara

for her, but with Cole likely bugging the place, this

to ask.

broke the quiet first. "Jace really