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..

jutted my chin toward the

can that prove?" Kara asked in

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

was way too

had ordered that

water for

the keychain and muttered to herself, "So you're saying that his girlfriend put

picked up what I was putting down. I patted her on the shoulder and stood up, but she suddenly tugged

I fell silent.

Kara said. The

pretty good instincts. I didn't even need to call him to let

the

"I can do

offer her help further, but he said,

burst out

touched by others. If he really was a germaphobe, he wouldn't

restaurant.

eager. I also managed to figure out that he really didn't have any feelings

Kara was so full of dopamine from her newfound crush that she couldn't sense that at all. She just said, "Okay!" before

I had cleverly covered it up even though I hadn't finished

"Are you guys