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.

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

still look handsome, don't I?" Zack ran

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

the stairs as we talked and laughed. We heard Bree's voice before we saw her. "I've come to realize

had come up to the door after she spoke. I saw her with

She looked at him in

quickly walked to her for fear that she couldn't handle

of looking at me, Bree kept staring at

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

were fixed on Zack's hair. She raised her trembling hand

now have more gray hair than you do. You don't have to worry about yours anymore, right?" Zack joked while wiping

trembled. She

first time I had seen he cry

She rarely shed tears, but even while crying uncontrollably, her hands

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"What happened? I heard my

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his eyes widened. Moments later, he lowered