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?

reflections. I looked at Brandon through the reflection of the door and he looked up at me as well. Our gazes met.

anything, but

glance. "For anything," he

silent and so did

quiet. She simply tugged at the corner

felt like Brandon had finally managed

Before we entered, Kara said excitedly to Brandon," Mr. Howell, feel free to call me if you need anything!" "Okay," Brandon said before entering

walked in, Kara approached me and asked, "What's Mr. Howell getting up to? What sort of ideas is he getting to want to stay so close to us? What if he's

think about protecting herself after

though those thoughts would be 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

"How do you

straightforward when she reminded me yet again of how curious she was. I decided to keep my mouth shut around Kara from then onwards, or I

could be wrong, of course. You're free to test that

I? I

picked up a pillow and threw it

the room, put my

I suddenly remembered something a few minutes into my shower and looked down at my

purple mark right where I had run into the edge of the appliance. I was already

but remember Brandon suddenly grabbing

I squeezed my eyes shut

Kara called out, "Maddie, your phone is

the shower head