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 too

didn't expose the truth. Gordon

laying off employees, it was hard to find a well-paying

I was impressed with my own composure

awkwardly hung up the phone and looked at

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said after a brief pause, "Mr. Yates, why don't you sit over there and have some

to leave, just in case Jewel decided to pull some fainting

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

expected. Instead, I began to survey

What caught my eye was the floor-to-ceiling window with a cozy beanbag and a small

morning sunlight lazily streamed through the glass immediately soothing any underlying

all of Hilcord, with an optimal floor position. To the left was the CBD commercial center, offering a view of the Gildon Corporation building, and to the right was the vast, undulating sea, with flocks of

was my dream

me. I could tell Chris had

his intentions

arrangements. The bedroom, bathroom, and open kitchen were all designed according to my preferences. This layout