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.

Instead, I spoke to him in as cold

about to say something when he saw Brandon standing behind me, so he said, " Come here. I have something to tell

what he wanted to say, but whether it was private or business-related, it wasn't appropriate to say it

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

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

was so unexpected that I couldn't understand what he

get married. If you want to try and piss me off by hooking up with some guy, whatever,

trying to say. His last sentence clued me in that he

stopping by. I just

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

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

like that."

a thing. "I don't care. That has nothing to

me? Is that why you keep hanging) on to this tiny thing?"

knew each other so well that you lost interest, right?" It

all, that particular dagger had pierced

fists. "What are you trying to