Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Jewel came through safely, and the baby was saved. She returned to her hospital room looking pale and miserable, her eyes red from crying. Combined with her delicate appearance, she looked truly fragile and pitiful.

"Don't worry too much. The baby is fine." Chris reassured her.

"Chris, I'm so scared," Jewel cried.

Chris handed her a tissue, and she took it. She held onto his hand, with her tear-streaked face resting on the back of his hand.

Sure, she looked pitiful, but that didn't mean she could just treat someone else's fiancé like her husband.

I walked over to them. "Mrs. Goodwin, the doctor said that intense emotions aren't good for the baby. You've managed to save your child. It would be a problem if something were to happen because you cried." I gently pulled her away from Chris without making a fuss.

But seeing the tears on Chris' hand back, I couldn't help feeling uncomfortable as if something of mine had been dirtied by someone else.

I was a bit of a clean freak, both in daily life and in relationships.

Jewel seemed surprised when I addressed her as Mrs. Goodwin. Her face visibly stiffened, but she quickly adjusted her emotions.

"Chris, I'm sorry. What am I doing?" She reached for a tissue to wipe Chris' hand, only for me to stop her.

"Mrs. Goodwin, you shouldn't move around right now."

Jewel's face froze, her tearful eyes looked at Chris with obvious admiration.

"Does Jewel like you?" I asked Chris directly as we came out of the ward.

"No," Chris denied it.

"What about you? Do you like her?"

If I was going to ask, I wanted a clear answer. I didn't want to be strung along.

Chris' expression visibly stiffened. After a few seconds, he uttered softly, "We're just friends."

Just friends?

care of Jewel..." Chris' voice trembled, and so did

lan's death, he always seemed emotional.

saw him this way. "I didn't mean anything else. I just noticed how much Jewel relies

on my face. "Maddie, I'll be more careful in the future." With him putting it this way, what more could I say? But I still reminded him, "Even if you're taking care of her for lan's sake, you should know that men and

to see what I witnessed just now

"Okay, I understand."

just finished speaking when we heard the urgent sound of wheels squeaking against the ground

of people pushing a stretcher toward us in haste. Just as I was about to move aside, I heard Chris utter in a low voice, "Watch out." He then pulled me aside. The

of the time shortly after I had arrived at the Gildon estate, when I had attended a school event and accidentally

had then reassured me and carried me to the infirmary. That was the first time I had heard

was when I had

was still racing, and it was because

eyes, unwilling to think about anything else, and nuzzled my

Chris said

into the ward, I waited outside the door. I didn't hear

awake, sitting on the couch watching TV without

Bree Foster, Chris' mother, about it, and she said that after being married for so long and seeing each other every day, they didn't have anything

be passionately in love when they were young. Alas, their

what love eventually looked

"Mom, Dad."

"Bree, Zack."

and I greeted them

two eaten? If not, there's still

to me. "Are you hungry? Would you like something to

eaten dinner, but at this moment, I

rest? The household staff

it, I went upstairs. But as soon as I pushed open the door, I froze and turned to Chris. He was standing at the bedroom

mention earlier. We need to clear out Chris' room to

moving out after we get married. Why do we need

stay here sometimes, like during the holidays or when it