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.

an impressive show of

looked at him instead. I noticed he was wearing the same outfit from before, but his T- shirt was tucked into his waistband,

looked like a model on the

could understand why Kara was so intrigued. Loving beauty was human

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

took it from him

you should see a

the ointment and the reminder made me wonder if he cared

flashed in my head, I heard him say, "I don't want anyone to delay our progress due to injuries

I fell silent.

didn't care about me. He just didn't want

worry, Mr. Howell. I probably want

The sooner I finished the project and handed things over to Chris, the less I had to

held up the ointment. After that, I turned around and

ointment on the bed and let out

reason, I felt moody and down in the dumps. Kara had finished her shower and was wrapped up in a robe as she leaped onto the

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

would it belong to?" I said

Are you hurt?" I wanted to laugh at

she personally witnessed me falling

like she had only paid attention to the moment Brandon had held me in his arms. She

he had given me the ointment because he had paid attention to the fact that I

a mess.