Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 221

I had to play it cool.

"Madeline," Jewel said as she stood in front of me. Her eyes were filled with tears.

I squinted and said nothing, waiting for her to continue

She needed to gather her emotions. I couldn't interfere

"Could you stay away from Chris?" she finally said.

I frowned. "What?"

"You've already broken up with him. He's with me now, so you're part of the past. I don't want you showing up around him and affecting his mood." Jewel's eyes were reddened, with tears shimmering.

I couldn't help but laugh. So, she was blaming me for the punishment Chris gave her just now.

"Are you saying that you can't afford the compensation and need me to share the burden, Ms. Massey?" I mocked.

Jewel's face turned pale instantly. She had previously shown her financial struggles in front of me, assuming my mockery was about her poverty

But it wasn't her lack of money I found laughable. It was her ridiculousness.

couldn't afford it before, but things are different now." Jewel wasn't backing down either. She retorted sharply

came from the fact that she was

she was now officially with

take it. I put on a look of sudden realization and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. You're

to attack me. I don't want you showing up around Chris, not just for me, but

ket

that so? I'd hear

on so quickly, even feeling

bit her lip. "He's too proud to say it, but I can

the jerk. Now that I don't want him, he's the

you say that

else should I put it? Should I say he's been so good to me, that he remembered my good qualities when he chose you?" My words made Jewel bite her lip as if I had

She fell silent.

"Jewel, don't try to manipulate me. I'm not falling for your tricks. You don't need to test me. Chris is someone I've let

trembled, and she was left

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