Burn Me Once, Burn With Me novel Chapter 542

“Rue, dinner’s ready.”

Suddenly, a man’s voice drifted closer.

On the other end of the line, Fanny and Hayley froze, exchanging a bewildered look.

Sylas stood in the doorway holding a spatula, a pink apron tied around his lean waist. Apparently, Mira loved pink, so most of the household items had gradually been replaced with that color.

Ruby slowly, stiffly, looked up, her eyes meeting Sylas’s. He, in turn, noticed the phone in her hand.

“What’s up? Are they on the phone?” he asked breezily, not a hint of embarrassment in his voice.

Fanny and Hayley, despite not being there in person, felt a wave of awkwardness.

Sylas… cooking?

They both twitched a smile, unable to reconcile the image with the suave, roguish man they knew.

Ruby cleared her throat, breaking the silence. “I’ll be right there.”

Sylas, not quite hearing her, took a couple of steps forward, waving the spatula. “What was that?”

“Get out of here first. I’ll be there in a minute to eat,” Ruby repeated, pressing a hand to her forehead in exasperation.

“We’re heading back now, Ruby. Since Mr. Cunningham cooked himself, you should go enjoy it,” Fanny’s voice came through the phone, tinged with suppressed laughter.

Ruby watched as Sylas nodded in agreement.

“Fine,” she muttered, her lips barely moving.

Ruby’s eyes narrowed.

Where did he learn these moves? He was like a sly fox.

Ruby’s expression flickered, but she stepped forward. “I’ll get it.”

Sylas’s face broke into a wide grin, his usually cool eyes sparkling with light. “Thank you.”

He whispered the word “you,” his voice light and airy, like a feather brushing against skin.

Ruby saw right through him. Her hands kept working on the knot, but she shot a warning glare at him every time he glanced over his shoulder.

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