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.

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

the fact that she

she was now officially

to just take it. I put on a look of sudden realization and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. You're no longer the widow of lan, whom

don't use lan to attack me. I don't want you

ket

so? I'd hear how this

from the corner of her eye. "Chris is very resentful toward you now. He's upset that you moved on so quickly, even feeling that you never truly loved him over the past ten years." I furrowed my brow. "Did Chris tell you

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

that I don't want him, he's the one feeling uncomfortable," I said without any hint of

can you say that about him?"

remembered my good qualities

She fell silent.

warned her, "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 go of. Now that you're with him,

trembled, and

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but decided to hold my