Chapter 40

Jade walked from behind the counter and headed in my direction. He had a small grin on his face. “Hi,” He greeted me in a breathy way as he sat across the table from me. “What are you doing here? I thought I was the one that was supposed to come to you?” 

I stared at him for a few seconds longer, admiring how perfect he looked. But then I caught myself. “Uh, yes. But a change of plans. My parents hate you, they were only pretending when they saw you at the mansion.” 

He snorted out a laugh. “Yeah, I figured that out soon enough. It was strange that they were being nice to me all of a sudden; raised a red flag.” He seemed nonchalant. “And let me guess, they don’t want me back at the house?”

I nodded. “They don’t. We all had a big fight about you and my supposed mom even packed her things to leave. Unfortunately, she did not and was going to babysit me all of today so you wouldn’t come over.” 

“So she’s not home right now, is she?”

“No, she was th