Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 829

Yara was looking after me like I was her little sister or something, and honestly, I wasn't sure how to feel about it.

"What's wrong?" she teased when I hesitated with the glass of milk. "Worried I poisoned it? Want me to take the first sip?"

I rolled my eyes but couldn't deny that Yara was genuinely kind. She'd nearly been engaged to Hayden, yet she'd never acted jealous or petty toward me. Honestly, it didn't make sense. She must've had feelings for him-she'd even admitted to admiring him. And here she was, treating me like we were besties.

I just couldn't figure her out.

"It's not that," I said, taking the milk. "I just feel bad for making you go out of your way."

But Hayden's words were ringing in my head: (Give the ring to someone you trust most and have them hand it over to the police.]

Could I trust Yara?

Her lips quirked into a smile. "Just fulfilling a request.

I froze. A request? From Hayden?

"Alright," she said, stretching the word in a teasing tone, "I'll leave you to get back to sleeeep."

I sighed. "Enough with the guessing games."

and left, leaving me alone with my racing thoughts. The second the door shut, I grabbed my phone, trying to reconnect to Hayden's signal. Nothing. It

Hayden was playing it smart-keeping contact brief for both our safety-but it

there was the question: Who could

out of reach. My eyes flicked to

thought was risky. She was part of the Drago family, Cole's aunt

clearly said the data was important, probably incriminating for the Dragos. What if Yara acted out of self-interest and buried it instead of

sighed. She wasn't

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But who else?

stuck here, and Cole wasn't about to let me waltz out to hand it off to

That left Jace.

could trust him. So, I decided to take the chance and put my faith in him. But getting him involved without

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on, whipping up

play house, or are you just so bored

us here, but it wasn't exactly prison. There were maids who'd make

sitting down gracefully with her own plate. "Plus, I enjoy it. Life's about the little things. Cooking is an art. Turning simple

with zero shame, stabbing my food. "Too

needed an excuse to bring up