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Chapter Ten

Author: Blamerale
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-04 21:54:26

Jace’s POV

The kitchen was not my battlefield. I was very bad at it. The fire hissed like it was waiting to burn me alive, and the frying pan clung stubbornly to the eggs as if mocking me. I wiped sweat from my forehead and cursed under my breath.

Of all disguises to pick, I had to come as a cook? That was the only job opening, plus going as a bodyguard wouldn't work in my favor.

I’d been trained to dance on poles for money not to whisk, chop, and sauté. But here I was, trying to prepare breakfast for the Queen of Poison herself, Rosaline and for Lucian, the man I couldn’t stop watching no matter how much I told myself I hated him.

The coffee machine hissed again, telling me the coffee was ready. I turned it off and poured the steaming liquid into Rosaline’s porcelain cup with shaky hands. It smelled burnt. Of course it did.

“Perfect,” I muttered sarcastically. Who knows, getting slapped may be much better than what she'd do to me.

Balancing the tray like it was an explosive, I carri
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