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.

of the fan and running water made for

the urn, didn't you? Where's the stuff Hayden left

would I touch that creepy thing?" she replied with

could send someone to barge in any

she retorted. "The urn's exactly the way Hayden gave it to me. I handed it over untouched. If I'm lying, may I be cursed or whatever." Classic

to the urn and how weirdly dramatic it had been, I realized she probably wasn't lying. There was no

given me rings before he disappeared, and now another

Couldn't the guy just give

got you so worked up about the

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

ring in an urn? Only he could come up with something

wasn't you, then what was he trying to

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

but not the one from the urn-this one was from Hayden, after his "death" but before

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

so the ring