Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 22

"Mrs. Goodwin? W-What are you doing here?" I stammered.

Gordon, who was equally surprised, asked Jewel the same thing.

Jewel adjusted her robe. "I live here." Her eyes fell on the keys in my hand. "Do you usually enter other people's homes without knocking?"

Gordon stepped forward. "What? No... This house was prepared by Mr. Gildon for Ms. Crown."

As he spoke, he fumbled with his phone, hastily calling Chris. In his panic, he accidentally put the call on speakerphone. "Mr. Gildon, the house at Dazzle Residences-"

Before Gordon could finish speaking, Chris cut him off, "That house is for Jewel."

Jewel's smile grew wider before my eyes.

"What about Ms. Crown..." Gordon tried to ask, but Chris interrupted him again. "I'll arrange something else for Madeline. Don't let her find out about this." Gordon looked at me, his face flushed with embarrassment and guilt as if he was the one who had wronged me.

He didn't dare say more, knowing it was his mistake to bring me here without verifying with Chris first.

it was too

didn't expose the truth. Gordon would surely lose his job

to find a well-paying job. Gordon had just started dating someone last month. If he got fired now, his relationship might not

lose my temper or act out. Even I was impressed with my own

and looked at me apologetically. "Ms.

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pause, "Mr. Yates, why don't you sit over there and have some coffee? I need

to leave, just in case Jewel decided to pull some fainting or stomach pain stunt. It would be

looking at me with a mixture of wariness, defensiveness, and a readiness

give her the reaction she expected. Instead, I began to survey

meticulously detailed design. What caught my eye was the floor-to-ceiling window with a cozy beanbag and a small table in front of it; it

the glass

left was the CBD commercial center, offering a view of the Gildon Corporation building, and to the right

my

gift for me. I

now his

at the other rooms' arrangements. The bedroom, bathroom, and open kitchen were all designed according to my preferences. This layout was exactly like the one in my