Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 69

"Yes."

That was his only reply before he hung up.

He was now the most important person when it came to solving our lighting problems. He was basically our a benefactor now, so I couldn't piss him off.

Thus, I put a jacket on over my pajamas and went to knock on his door.

When he opened the door and saw my wet hair, he swallowed hard.

"Does it still hurt?" he asked.

Those four words weren't enough for me to understand what he was talking about. I asked back, "What?"

He looked down at my waist, and I immediately caught on.

For some reason, my heart skipped a beat. "Oh. I'm fine."

"Wait here," he said before turning around and leaving me to stand in his doorway, alone.

I looked into his room through the open door. I immediately saw the laptop on

I the desk. It seemed like he had already started to work while I was showering.

bad. That was an impressive show of

instead. I noticed he was wearing the same outfit from

looked like a model on

Loving beauty was human nature. Who wouldn't enjoy looking at a work of

for getting rid of bruises." He passed me a small container of some sort

took it from him

you should see a doctor," he

the reminder made me wonder if he cared

"I don't want anyone to delay

I fell silent.

He just didn't want me to delay

being so hopelessly romantic and smiled." Don't worry, Mr. Howell. I probably want this job to end more than

I finished the project and

I held up the ointment. After that,

tossed the ointment on the bed and let out a

a robe as she leaped onto the bed like some sort of professional diver. The very

looked at it closely. "Where did this come from? Is this yours,

to?" I

you hurt?" I

personally witnessed

had only paid attention to the moment Brandon had held me in his

because he had paid attention to the fact that I

thoughts were a mess. I closed my eyes