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?

I turned around, only to see he had entered through the half-open door. He glanced at me as he closed the

came out after he shut

he meant, though. He didn't want to end our fake

to continue our arrangement; in fact, I was afraid to

boyfriend, not out of fear that he would not leave me alone, but out of fear

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

remorseful. I couldn't sleep well the whole night. In my dreams, Brandon followed me around like a weakling and complained, "Why did you kiss me? That

nightmare of utter guilt, I rose to see that the sky was still dark. It was early in the morning. I checked the time, and it was

this hour, and if I was right, he should be out on a jog now. In other

and left. When my car drove

left home early and returned late, skilfully killing any chances of running into him. However, the cold breakfast left at my doorstep only deepened my sense of guilt when