Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 68

Brandon quickly walked over to me. He looked at me with a casual, open gaze and said, "Let's go."

What?

Wasn't he going to explain why he wanted to stay in a room so close to mine?

I was going to ask him, but I felt like asking would only make things weirder.

"Mr. Howell, why are you so close to our room?" Kara asked. Sometimes her straightforwardness came as a good thing because she could ask what I was too nervous to.

He walked to the elevator and pressed the button. I saw his room card with the number "308" on it. That was the room next to mine.

"For convenience," he said simply.

Convenient for what?

It was easy to misunderstand his answer

Kara was confused as well. She looked at me and then looked at him and

asked, "Mr. Howell, what sort of convenience are you talking about?*

I wanted to smash her bead in. Why was she asking so many questions?

and shiny enough for us to see our reflections. I looked at Brandon through the reflection of the door and he

avoiding anything, but

just a quick glance.

fell silent and so did

She simply tugged

like Brandon had finally managed to shut

Kara said excitedly to Brandon," Mr. Howell, feel free to call me if you

up to? What sort of ideas is he getting to want to stay so close to us? What if

even think about protecting herself after letting her lust take over her

able to stop her from being so obsessed with him, I didn't want it to affect her work. I cut her off and said firmly, "He's

"How

how curious she was. I decided to keep my mouth shut

could be wrong, of course. You're free to test that theory out," I

eyes gleamed. "Can I? I

had reached the sofa, so I picked up a

cried out as I entered the room, put my suitcase

remembered something a few minutes into

with a purple mark right where I had run into the edge of the appliance. I was already quite pale,

gently caressed it and couldn't help but remember Brandon suddenly

flashed in my head for a second. I squeezed my eyes shut and forced myself

finish showering, Kara called out, "Maddie, your

the shower head