Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 12

His expression stiffened slightly. "Given the situation last night, I was afraid something might happen to her. You know lan was his parents' only child.

Now, Jewel's baby is their entire hope. If anything were to happen..."

I understood his unfinished sentence.

"So, from now on, anything related to her will always be your priority, right?" I asked coldly.

Chris was silent for two seconds. "Things will be different once the baby is

born."

I started to laugh. As I turned, the newly risen sun stung my eyes.

"Chris." I looked at him. "There will be other problems after the baby is born. The baby might get sick or have accidents. As long as you use this child as an excuse, you and Jewel will always be in some kind of entanglement, and I will always be the one you abandon."

Chris fell silent at my words.

I made my stance clear. "Chris, if we get married, I don't want my husband to be taking care of another woman every other day."

some time. I'll sort this out."

She's someone else's wife. Even if she needs care, you shouldn't have to take it this far. And..." I paused. "You weren't lan's only close friend. There's Derick and

his face when he replied, "Because I was

and thinking about his guilt and remorse after lan's death, I asked, "Chris, did you

name coldly. "Do you really have

no... I pressed my lips together. "Chris,

wife, let's break up.

to be torn between me and Jewel. Besides... you're not interested in me. Why make things hard

how deeply his words from that

peaked. After a moment, he coldly asked, "Do you really want

sure,"

it," Chris stated before he turned around and threw

into the trash

left, I stared at the discarded

me not to regret

words revealed his true thoughts. He probably

him, which was why he felt he could hurt me

me had fallen apart, I was still

to continue working as usual. But now, my