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.

he was right about one 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 so I

they would be my new family, I finally stopped being

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

when we first met. In hindsight, it probably wasn't kindness

at that time, I saw his

Chris you're serious and that you can

turned my shoulders to face

need to feel the

could tell she was angry and flustered at

"You think this is some kind of TV

This is the only way to free yourself from Chris and make him snap out of

continued, "Brandon would be

Definitely not him."

asked him to pretend to be my boyfriend, he might