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

the truth. Gordon would surely

well-paying job. Gordon had just started

temper or act out. Even I was impressed with my

up the phone and looked

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"Mr. Yates, why don't you sit over there and have

didn't want Gordon to leave, just in case Jewel decided to pull some fainting or stomach pain stunt. It would be harder to explain myself

at me with a mixture of wariness,

I didn't give her the reaction she expected. Instead, I began

2000 square feet, with a simple yet meticulously detailed design. What caught my eye was the floor-to-ceiling

lazily streamed through the

the CBD commercial center, offering a view of the Gildon Corporation building, and to the right was the vast, undulating sea, with flocks of seagulls soaring freely in

my dream

gift for me. I

now his intentions seemed

room, I looked at the other rooms' arrangements. The bedroom, bathroom, and open kitchen were all designed according to my preferences. This layout