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..

chin toward the keychain.

prove?"

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

was way too

had ordered

or water for me

to herself, "So you're saying that his girlfriend put

I patted her on the shoulder and stood up, but she suddenly tugged at the corner of my shirt. "I don't think that has to be the case. What if he just likes

I fell silent.

said. The moment she said that, Brandon and Mr. Lachy

good instincts. I didn't even need to call him to let him. know his food

excitedly began to open the bag for him and even seemed ready to lay out the utensils

right away. "I can do it myself,

clearly wanted to offer her help further, but he

almost burst out

takeout had been touched by others. If he really was a germaphobe, he wouldn't have ordered food from

restaurant.

managed to figure out

from her newfound crush that she couldn't sense that at all. She just said,

cleverly

asked, "Are