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 had no idea

afraid to go home. There were moments I thought

me they would be my new

like lifelines to me, and I clung to them, believing that the world still had love for

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

his smile as a beacon of

Chris you're serious and that you can live perfectly fine without

turned my shoulders

like him need to feel the heat before

tightened. I could tell she was angry and flustered at

some kind of TV show where you can just start dating on

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

my gaze, and she continued, "Brandon would

way! Definitely not him." I shook

him to pretend to be my boyfriend, he might take it