Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 226

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Brandon looked puzzled. "Hmm?”

I stepped closer to him, so close that I could smell the soap from his recent shower. It had a pleasant

scent.

I remembered how, back when my parents were alive, our home always used bar soap for washing hands and bathing. Nowadays, people mostly used hand sanitizer or body wash, and it was rare to even smell the fragrance of bar soap.

"Are you wearing a disguise?" I asked, probing him.

Brandon furrowed his brow and glanced at himself. "How much have you had to drink? You seem off."

I had only had one drink, but he noticed it.

His response made me smirk as I reached out and tugged on his shirt. "Brandon, stop playing dumb. I'm not talking about your clothes. I'm asking if you're hiding something about your identity. Are you extremely wealthy? Maybe even a hidden big boss?"

Brandon's jaw tightened. "I don't understand what you're saying."

He started to step back, trying to distance himself from me.

Or is this all

close.

nothing. He just watched me as

the stairwell, our gazes locked in a silent

illness and my first impression of Brandon. Eventually, I looked away and

to my room. However, Brandon stopped me and asked, "Did you

laughed. "No, I

"I value my life and don't want to

Brandon's eyes softened a bit as he reached out to

of soothing a child. I blinked at him. "Brandon, I envy

Brandon asked, "Why?"

"She must have been very cherished

intense as he took my wrist and guided me into his room. "Let

that I found myself following him back into

it was in a cartoon cup featuring a cat's head. This was clearly a cup meant for girls.

cup is this? I don't want to use someone else's stuff," I said, both deliberately and as a

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words made

tea, and its sweetness gave me a feeling of being

the future, don't drink alcohol alone. It's

before that nothing