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

Chapter 827

Did Yara tag along with Jace just to make sure she could crash here?

"I want the cream soup silky smooth. Oh, and remove the onions from the food after cooking-I like the taste, but I'm not eating them. And maybe-"I started listing my demands when Yara spun around, raising an eyebrow at me. "Wow. Jace really spoiled you, huh?" she said, shaking her head. "You're so picky."

She wasn't done. "And FYI, I'm not your personal chef. Don't want onions? Pick 'em out yourself." With that, she waltzed into the kitchen.

Clearly, she was hinting at something, so I decided to follow-casually, of course. On the inside? I was dying to sprint. But if she was playing it cool, so would I.

By the time I got to the kitchen, she was already prepping the ingredients, her knife skills surprisingly pro-level.

"Impressive," I said.

"It's called independence," she said, hitting me with a mini lecture. "Just because someone spoils you doesn't mean you can't handle yourself." Okay, point taken.

But even though I wasn't as skilled in the kitchen as she was, I was perfectly capable of being independent.

"Fair enough. Guess I should help out. Wouldn't want to feel guilty eating all this," I said, rolling up my sleeves and starting to rinse the veggies.

the fan and running water made for great cover-perfect for sneaking in a real

Where's the stuff Hayden left inside?" I asked,

would I touch that creepy thing?"

didn't have much time, and Cole could send someone to barge in any second. Frustrated, I pressed harder.

it to me. I handed it over untouched. If I'm lying, may I

urn and how weirdly dramatic it had been, I realized she probably wasn't lying. There was no way she'd go through the trouble

Hayden had given me rings before he disappeared, and

deal with rings? Couldn't the guy

worked up about

annoyed. "He made it feel like some

ring in an urn? Only he could come

what was he trying to do? Was this

it? Let me see," she said,

not the one from the urn-this one was from Hayden, after his "death" but before he showed up as "Xander." "It's with Cole now," I said flatly. "He probably smashed it to

urn, so the ring wouldn't have

can just make you a shinier