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.

was

the truth. Gordon would surely

in a downturn and many companies laying off employees, it was hard to find a well-paying job. Gordon had just started dating someone last month. If he got fired now, his relationship

didn't lose my temper or act out. Even I was impressed with my own composure at

hung up the phone and looked

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pause, "Mr. Yates, why don't you sit

Jewel decided to pull some fainting or

glanced at Jewel. She was looking at me with a mixture of wariness, defensiveness, and a readiness

her the reaction she expected. Instead,

with a simple yet 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 was reminiscent of

lazily streamed through the glass immediately soothing any underlying

CBD commercial center, offering a view of

was my dream

said this was Chris' gift for me. I could tell Chris had put

now his

inspecting the living room, I looked at the other rooms' arrangements. The bedroom, bathroom, and open kitchen were all designed according