Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 129

It wasn't until Lisa handed me the freshly brewed coffee that she finally said," Chris is such a jerk. I never realized how awful he was until he showed his true colors."

I took a couple of sips of the coffee. "Turns out, he was just pitying me."

Even though Chris and I had broken up the great memories of our past still lingered in my heart. But today, his words shattered the fragile facade around those cherished moments.

Lisa gently squeezed my shoulder. "It's not too late to see him for what he really is."

I stayed silent.

Lisa nudged me. "Do you want to get back at him?"

"What?" I felt utterly defeated.

Chris' words had ripped open oft wounds, exposing the most painful part of my life.

right about one thing. After the car accident, when my parents lay in the cold morgue, I was left alone in the world. I had no idea what

afraid to go home. There were moments I thought about dying, too, just so

hugged me, telling me they would be my new family,

and I clung to them, believing that the

misinterpreted Chris' smile when we first met. In hindsight,

time, I saw his smile as

Show Chris you're serious and that you can live perfectly fine without him. Make him realize that you're not dependent

turned my shoulders to face her

to feel the heat

tell she was angry

this is some kind of TV show where you can just start dating

life inspires TV shows. This is the only way to free yourself from Chris

and she continued,

him."

I asked him to pretend to be my boyfriend, he might take it seriously, and that would only complicate