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.

thing. After the car accident, when my parents lay in the cold morgue, I was left alone in the world. I

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

Bree appeared and hugged me, telling me they would

me, and I clung to them, believing that the world still had

smile when we first met. In hindsight, it probably

at that time, I saw his

that you can live

shoulders to face her

to feel the heat before they understand

my shoulders tightened. I could tell

is some kind of TV show where

TV shows. This is the only way to free yourself from Chris and make him snap out of it," Lisa

my gaze, and she continued, "Brandon

not him." I shook

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