Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 63

I was sure that would only make things more awkward for both Brandon and me in the future if Kara assumed anything.

Besides, Brandon had clearly been pretending not to know me just now when we met. That further convinced me not to let anyone know that we had met before. "No," I said.

"Then-"

I

Before Kara could finish her question, I cut her off and said, "It was a guess."

mer

Kara didn't eat much of her lunch either. After all, she was mostly distracted by Brandon. She usually had quite the appetite, and she had even ordered her favorite grilled chicken for lunch that day.

It seemed like good food was nothing compared to a good-looking man.

"Guess?" Kara was the type to keep digging until she got to the bottom of things. "How could you guess? Was it super obvious or something?"

I really didn't know how to answer her, but I knew that she would let her imagination run wild if I didn't give her a solid answer. Just as I was thinking about what I could say suddenly spotted a small keychain hanging on his bag.

It was an extremely adorable keychain of a white bunny..

toward the keychain. "That's

prove?" Kara

grown man. Why would he carry such a cute keychain around? Don't you think it's

was way too

had ordered that for

for

and muttered to herself, "So you're saying that

down. I patted her on the shoulder and stood up, but she

I fell silent.

him in a second," Kara said. The moment

even need to call him to let him. know his food was

here, Kara said. She excitedly began to open the bag for him

"I

Kara clearly wanted to offer her help further, but he

burst

Every single part of the takeout had been touched by others. If he really

restaurant.

from being too eager. I also managed to figure out that he really

dopamine from her newfound crush that she couldn't sense that

he took his utensils out. I had cleverly covered it up even though I hadn't finished it, so

he still asked, "Are you guys done with