Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

It was 5:00 AM.

I got up early and did some yoga to get myself prepared to face the new workday. I wanted to be fully energized.

At 6:00 am, after washing up and changing, I was ready to make breakfast when my phone buzzed with a text message from Brandon.

"Breakfast is on the table. The key is hanging on your door."

After staring at the message for a few minutes, I finally opened the door and indeed found a key. I opened Brandon's door and saw the breakfast he had prepared. Last night, I couldn't bring myself to refuse his dinner offer, and naturally, I couldn't resist the temptation of good food.

But what was the deal with this breakfast?

Was he planning to be my free caretaker?

While it felt nice to be pampered first thing in the morning, I couldn't accept it without feeling uneasy.

texted him back. "Brandon, are you looking for

a little fee

knew how

intention. After pondering for a few seconds,

though the relationship is fake, I still need to take care of your health during

his care, so I said, "You're overthinking this. You're only responsible for helping me play this role. Besides that, my life

couldn't give him what he wanted, I couldn't accept his care and affection. I needed to make

the breakfast, which was delicious and gave me the

the office, I pondered for a moment. The HR of the company hadn't called to rescind

thought dampened my good mood, but I still went

greeted me immediately and

demeanor didn't suggest he intended to fire me, so I decided to be direct. "Mr. Roulder, I heard my former employer might have interfered with my employment here. Is that true?"

"But you don't seem to have any intention of firing

you?" Xander asked in