Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 172

"It's me!" A familiar voice echoed in the hallway.

I swiftly held onto the railing and stopped. My tense body could finally relax.

Soon, I turned around and headed upstairs, where I saw Brandon standing in the dark. Our previous interaction left things awkward, and I didn't know what to say. Still, I was genuinely shocked by the incident earlier, so I pretended to be angry. "You scared the heck out of me!"

He simply grunted again. I never knew how to respond to that because that response was so cold.

I was about to say more when he added softly, "I won't do it again."

This time, I was at a total loss for words.

Thus, I fished out my key and went to unlock my door. Just as I inserted the key into the keyhole, his low and deep voice rang again. "I overstepped my boundaries tonight. I won't do it again in the future."

Huh?

had entered through the half-open door. He glanced at me as

the words stuck in my throat only came out after he shut his door. "What do you mean by "in

he meant, though. He didn't want to

our arrangement; in fact, I was afraid to

even regretted choosing Brandon to be my pretend boyfriend, not out of fear that he would not leave me alone, but

taking advantage of a man who had never had a real girlfriend and stealing all

whole night. In my dreams, Brandon followed me around

was still

this hour, and if I was right, he should be out on a jog now. In other words, it was the perfect time to avoid

When my car drove into the morning light, I pitied myself for living like a thief

running into him. However, the cold breakfast