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.

"Brandon, are you

"Yeah, just pay me a little fee for my efforts, Ms.

sure knew how to

After pondering for a few seconds, I replied. "Brandon,

relationship is fake, I still need to take care of your health during this period. Otherwise, as your pretend boyfriend, I'd have to worry about

this role. Besides that, my life

care and affection. I needed to make it clear that there was no need for him to invest so much effort into

ate the breakfast, which was delicious and gave me the energy I

the company hadn't called to

mood, but I still went to

me immediately and warmly shook

heard my former employer might have interfered with my employment here. Is that true?" Xander smiled without any

his friendly face, "But you don't seem to have any intention of firing

you?" Xander asked