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.

question. Instead, I spoke to him in as cold and formal of a tone as I

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

know what he 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

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

with a hint of distaste. You're trying to

was so unexpected that I couldn't understand

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 going to ruin friendships that way." He was saying too much for

he was trying to say. His last sentence clued me

stopping by. I just never expected he would assume Derick and

projecting his own twisted ideals onto others. I felt my face turning warm with

everyone would get together with their

like that."

over such a thing. "I don't

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

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

all, that particular dagger had pierced

his fists. "What are you trying to