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..."

me. Perhaps because he had just finished running, his lips were

him closing his eyes, his dark lashes, and

was lost in the daze of his kiss and captivated by his striking features, Brandon let go of me but

I'll take

my face to my

really have no business with

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

cheek, put his arm around my shoulder, and

never felt this shy back then. Now, I felt like 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

originally planned to make you some spaghetti, but it seems that's not

smiled. "Mae, do you know what you make me want

asked

earlobe. "I want to kiss you more because

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

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