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

didn't expose the truth. Gordon

a well-paying job.

I was impressed with my own

phone and looked at me

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

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

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

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

the floor-to-ceiling window with a cozy beanbag

lazily streamed through the glass immediately

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,

was my

was Chris' gift for me. I

his intentions

rooms' arrangements. The bedroom, bathroom, and open kitchen were all designed according to my