Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 72

I turned around only to see Chris standing right there. He looked at me as well,

but he turned to ask Kara, "Where are you going?"

"Maddie got ulcers, so I'm going to buy some medicine for her," Kara said. Chris immediately walked over quickly.

"You haven't been drinking enough water again, right?" he said, knowing me too well. I got dehydrated very easily and usually stuck to eating soupy foods and drank as much water as I could.

If I didn't, I would get dehydrated and either get tons of nosebleeds or ulcers.

I had been with him for ten years, and he still knew me well enough to know

that much.

However, his words acted like a dagger to me. I couldn't help but think about how he told Derick he felt like we were "too close".

We knew each other so well that he no longer had any interest in me and could be seduced by a widow.

there a reason you're here, Mr. Gildon?" I didn't reply to his question. Instead, I spoke to him in as cold and formal

about to say something when he saw Brandon standing behind me, so he

or business-related, it wasn't appropriate to say it in

stopped before we got too far and said, I'm working on a tight deadline. Please say what you have

features were tinged with a hint of distaste. You're trying to make me angry on

question was so unexpected that I couldn't

to try and piss me off by hooking up with some guy,

he was trying to say. His last sentence clued me

guessed that someone had told him about Derick stopping by. I just never expected

clearly projecting his own twisted ideals onto others. I felt my face turning warm with anger. "Chris,

pretty almond eyes narrowed slightly as I scoffed. "You know, not everyone would get together with their

like that."

wanted to waste time arguing over such a thing. "I don't care. That has nothing to do with

Maddie. Are you bored of me? Is that why you keep hanging) on to this tiny thing?" Chris said, projecting once

we knew each other so well that you lost interest, right?" It wasn't my first time bringing that

that particular dagger

"What are you