Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 228

The fact that Eden added me, and so late at night...

My intuition told me that something was wrong.

Even though Derick had assured me that Eden wouldn't dare do anything in his presence, I still had to be cautious.

Besides, a woman accepting a man's friend request always seemed a bit frivolous, especially at midnight.

I acted as if I hadn't seen the friend request and continued chatting with Lisa. She responded, "The successful surgery he did before was performed with his partner."

I could clearly sense the melancholy in Lisa's voice.

Having experienced love myself, I understood how important it was for partners to be in sync and well-matched. Although Lisa was excellent in her field, there was still a difference when compared to someone with international acclaim like Keith.

There was a reason for the disparity between them.

I didn't continue on this topic with Lisa. After chatting about other things, I

ended the call and stared at Eden's friend request for a while.

I felt that he was a dangerous person. But to uncover the truth behind my

choice but to

phone down, another message came in from Chris. "Stay away

tone was strikingly

his concern no

1. me.

ignored it and went to

admit that the whiskey I

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couldn't help, and I was so tired that I went to bed without even taking

and made a

this time, he was likely still asleep. Hence, I didn't have to worry about receiving a message from him

already there. He gave me a strange look,

so there was a backlog of tasks. I worked

for lunch, Xander knocked on my door. "Ms. Crown, would you like

had an agenda, as his

I smiled lightly. "Sure."

figure is just right as it is. You shouldn't lose any more weight. Women who are too thin don't look good." Despite being the Hueton Corporation's boss and being quite authoritative with others, he seemed

the food on my plate, I thought of Brandon's cooking and admitted,

puzzled. Then, he seemed to recall something

must think that I grew up at the Gildon estate