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

noticed he was wearing the same outfit from before, but his T- shirt was tucked

a model on

why Kara was so intrigued. Loving beauty was human nature. Who wouldn't enjoy looking at a work

rid of bruises." He passed me a small

from him and said,

hurts really badly, you should see

made me wonder

don't want anyone to delay our progress due to

I fell silent.

just didn't want me to delay

and smiled." Don't worry,

The sooner I finished

as I held up the ointment. After that, I

tossed the ointment on the bed and let out

dumps. Kara had finished her shower and was wrapped up in a robe as she leaped onto the bed like some sort of professional diver. The

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

belong to?" I said before reaching out and taking

hurt?" I wanted to

she personally witnessed me falling

held me

he had paid attention to

like my thoughts were a mess. I