Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 199

Chapter 199

Yes, everyone would get old, but aging overnight was truly heartbreaking.

Zack still made me a cup of mocha, but it tasted awfully bitter.

"Take these coffee beans home. You can brew it yourself. It's high in antioxidants." Zack packed the leftover coffee beans for me. He treated me like his own daughter, and now there was an added layer of guilt to it.

I couldn't refuse, or it would make him feel worse.

"Okay, I'll ask for more when I finish it," I responded in a light casual tone to ease his mood.

"Hmm, ask for anything you want. Maddie, you are my daughter, do you understand?" Zack spoke from the bottom of his heart.

I firmly nodded. "You're my father too."

When I was in school, Zack usually attended my parent-teacher meetings. Sometimes Bree wanted to go, but Zack insisted with the excuse that given his status, the teachers in school would take me more seriously.

Although my parents died early, Zack never made me feel like an orphan in front of my classmates.

I glanced at his hair thinking that Bree might worry. "Zack, Bree is very worried

don't I?" Zack ran his

my tears and nodded. "Yes, you do. You look the best no matter how you

as we talked and laughed. We heard Bree's voice before

she spoke. I saw

the moment she saw Zack. She looked at him

I quickly walked to her for fear

me, Bree

her tears. "What's wrong? Do you think I look

on Zack's hair. She raised her trembling hand

now have more gray hair than you do. You don't have to worry about

tears wouldn't stop as she trembled. She was in so much

I

on her. She rarely shed tears, but even while crying uncontrollably, her hands kept stroking Zack's hair. Seeing this,

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saw me. "What happened? I

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hair grayed overnight." My words shocked Conrad, and his eyes widened. Moments later, he lowered his head and fell