Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 243

His face wore a smile that was both helpless and affectionate. "You've done this before. You have a history of it."

I was left speechless. My cheeks flushed red, and I felt a mix of embarrassment and irritation.

He really was something. He should have just kept it to himself instead of spelling it out. His emotional intelligence was so low.

"Mae," Brandon said softly, "you were so bold when doing something wrong, but now you're acting all timid. You haven't changed a bit from when you were a child."

I was about to retort when I suddenly realized something was wrong. "Doing something wrong?"

Last night, when I opened the door in my nightgown, he didn't think it was an accident. He had seen through it. He knew it was deliberate.

Oh my god. This was incredibly embarrassing.

The car keys I was holding felt like they were about to be crushed. I was flustered and retorted, "Who's doing something wrong? It's clearly you. You're just... mmm..."

leaned in and kissed me. Perhaps because he had just finished running,

see him closing his eyes,

captivated by his striking features, Brandon let go of

take care of the

to my ankles.

business with

couldn't find the words. I didn't understand why I felt so shy about

Chris would occasionally pinch my cheek, put his arm around my shoulder, and even kiss my cheek

a shy young girl experiencing her first-hand-holding with a boy. But before, I had been acting like a veteran in front of him back when I was at Amaty. It seemed that pretense and lies could never

it seems that's not needed now. Be

do you

I asked this

grazed my earlobe. "I want to kiss you more because the

I tapped his back twice in response. Brandon laughed, and his laughter made me even

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