Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 127

"Welcome to the team, Ms. Crown." This time, it was Xander who extended his hand to me. He then had someone take me to complete the onboarding

process.

In less than half an hour, I was officially hired. That was when it hit me: Chris hadn't approved my resignation yet. But if it came to that, I'd just talk to Zack. He'd definitely let me leave.

My phone had been buzzing in my pocket, and it had already vibrated several times while I was talking to Xander.

It was a call from Lisa. "Where are you? I'm off today. Wanna hang out?" she asked.

It was rare for her to have a day off. Recently, she had been working overtime because of the baby boom.

"What's going on? Is everyone on maternity leave already?" I teased.

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"Yeah. It's like everyone's having babies all at once, and then suddenly, no one is," Lisa complained, not for the first time.

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you home? I'll come over," I

knew how hard it was for her to get a

"Yeah. Come on

drinks at

cook, and you bring the wine," Lisa

hanging up, I checked my other missed calls from unfamiliar numbers. I figured they were from other companies I'd applied to and didn't bother calling back. If they really wanted

a bottle of wine, picked up some fruit, and grabbed

she took the items from me

Saw

I've been meaning to get one of these but just haven't had

you'd actually have

like a cleavage. If you squeeze it, you can always find

glanced at her flat chest. "Not necessarily. Can you even squeeze anything

to hit a sore spot, but Lisa really did have a flat chest.