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?

shiny enough for us to see our reflections. I looked at Brandon through the reflection of the door and he looked up at me as well. Our gazes met. I

without avoiding anything,

quick glance. "For anything," he replied

and

she remained quiet. She simply tugged

had finally

to our respective rooms. Before we entered, Kara said excitedly to Brandon," Mr. Howell, feel

sort of ideas is he getting to want to stay so close to

herself after letting her

from being so obsessed with him, I didn't want it to affect her work. I cut her off

blinked. "How

so straightforward when she reminded me yet again of how curious she was. I decided to keep my mouth shut around

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

"Can I? I wouldn't mind,

reached the sofa, so I picked up a pillow and threw

out as I entered the room, put my suitcase

clothes off and stepped into the shower. I suddenly remembered something a few minutes into my

large bruise that was streaked with a purple mark right where I had run into the edge of the appliance. I was already quite pale, so the bruise stood out

but remember Brandon suddenly grabbing

for a second. I squeezed

showering, Kara called

the shower head