Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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.

and running water made for great cover-perfect

the stuff Hayden left inside?" I

touch that creepy

send someone to barge in

me. I handed it over

probably wasn't lying. There was no way she'd go through the trouble of setting it up

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

Couldn't the guy just give a proper goodbye

got you so worked up about the urn anyway?"

annoyed. "He made

Only

it wasn't you, then what was he trying to do? Was this just some kind of weird

me see," she said, eyeing my

the one from the urn-this one was from Hayden, after his "death" but before he showed up as

now," I said flatly. "He probably smashed it

the urn, so the ring wouldn't have