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.

sound of the fan and running water made for great cover-perfect

stuff Hayden left inside?" I asked, keeping, my

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.

am I," she retorted. "The urn's exactly the way Hayden gave it to me. I

she probably wasn't lying. There was no way she'd go

all so... extra. Hayden had given me rings before he disappeared, and now another one had

his deal with rings? Couldn't the guy just give a

worked up about the urn

in it," I muttered, half annoyed. "He made it feel like some twisted

in an urn? Only he

thought out loud. "If it wasn't you, then what was he trying to do?

is it? Let me see," she said, eyeing my

"death" but before he showed up as "Xander." "It's with Cole now," I said

already smashed the urn, so the ring

him smash it. Hayden can just make you a shinier