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.

Mr. Gildon?" I didn't reply to his question. Instead, I spoke to him in

darkened at my aloof response. He was about to say something when he saw Brandon standing behind me, so he said, " Come here. I have something

wanted to say, but whether it was private or business-related, it wasn't appropriate to say it in front of Brandon, I walked a few feet away from Brandon to talk to

got too far and said, I'm working on a tight deadline. Please

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

question was so unexpected that

made a fuss about not wanting to get married. If you want to try and piss me off by hooking up with some guy, whatever, but don't go fishing in our friend group. You're just

understood what he was trying to say. His last

by. I just never expected he would

face turning warm with anger. "Chris, do you really

I scoffed. "You know, not everyone would get together with their good friend's partner." His expression immediately soured.

like that."

over such a thing.

you bored of me? Is that why you keep

want. You once said we knew each other so well that you

all, that particular dagger had

clenched his fists. "What are you