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.

glanced at his hair thinking that Bree might worry. "Zack, Bree is very worried about you. If she sees

handsome, don't I?" Zack ran his

tears and nodded. "Yes, you do.

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

spoke. I saw her with a playful

froze on her face the moment she saw Zack. She looked at him in disbelief with eyes widened

to her for fear that

at me, Bree kept staring at Zack's

tears. "What's wrong? Do you

hair. She raised her trembling

than you do. You don't have to worry

trembled. She was

I had

crying uncontrollably, her

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saw me. "What happened?

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and his eyes widened.