Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 118

Chapter 118

I felt a flush of embarrassment as soon as the words left my mouth.

Had I been too blunt? Surely, Brandon must have felt awkward, too.

But instead of distancing himself, he paused for almost half a minute before responding with a simple "Oh".

I was surprised.

Oh? How could he have been so calm?

I looked up at him, and only then did he slowly straighten up.

"Your eyesight isn't great," he explained patiently. "I pointed it out to you, but you still couldn't find it. How else could I help without getting closer?"

His explanation made perfect sense, leaving me feeling like I was the one overthinking things.

Then, Brandon casually walked oyer to a chair, settled down, and picked up his tablet to work on something.

After sneaking a few glances at him, I sipped some tea to calm my nerves so

could refocus on work.

issues in the document Brandon had marked, but nothing major. He could have

he needed clarification, a simple phone call would have sufficed. He made me wait so late to review these issues,

on purpose? I couldn't help but sneak another couple of

in his work. He didn't once meet my

addressing the issues he'd marked, I glanced over

fallen asleep

to fatigue, but clearly, I was wrong. He was human,

dozed off.

I watched him quietly.

His high nose bridge, illuminated by the overhead light, made him look just as captivating as

about being tired, Brandon must have

past few days, he often delegated

while, he was bustling up and down and even adjusted the lights. His work required both physical

I was. So, he must have been exhausted to be

in his short sleeves, I quietly got up, picked up a blanket from the

covered him with it.

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a light sleeper, because

clasped my hand so tightly that

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