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

came from the fact that she was now officially with

was now

was trying to hurt me with her words, but I refused 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

Jewel freeze, and then tears rolled down her cheeks. "Madeline, don't use lan to

ket

I'd hear how

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."

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

him, he's the one feeling uncomfortable," I said without any hint

you say that about

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 just slapped her

She fell silent.

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, I'm glad for the peace. I should thank

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slightly rounded belly but decided to hold my tongue and turned