Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 286

Brandon hissed, but I knew it was more out of

sensitivity than pain. I felt him shudder, and unspeakable images flickered through my mind. I had to admit, I was a lot more wicked and demanding than I used to be.

After teasing him, I straightened up and nonchalantly took a sip of my coffee. I then turned smoothly and left like nothing happened. My teasing must have left Brandon stumped, for he went still and did not react for a while.

I returned to my office and sat down. The moment I set my coffee mug on the desk, I rubbed my face and burst into giggles. I didn't know why, only that I couldn't help it. I was happy-

truly, unabashedly happy. Perhaps it was sadistic glee or impish satisfaction. Children were often happy when they got up to mischief, and I figured I was experiencing the same thrill.

I was still giggling when my phone chimed with a new message. I picked it up and glanced at the screen, only to see Eden's text. He had sent me an address, and upon clicking on it, I was redirected to a map s on the outskirts of town.

Zooming in on the location, I saw that it was a company called Finchworth Investment.

Why did Eden send me the location of an investment company? Was the text meant for someone else, or was it just an excuse to bother me?

still trying to figure out Eden's intentions when he followed up with another text. "Go to the location if you want to

that mean Arthur

telling the

When he picked up, he did not wait for me to speak and instead pointed out, "You don't

dad. I countered, throwing his words back at him. "You said he wouldn't tell me anything even if I met him." So why would

in meeting him in person, but you seemed insistent on getting to the bottom of the

added with a scoff, "If you don't want to go, feel free

the Griffins family

address, it doesn't mean you'll get to see my dad." With that, he hung up before

I go or

before made sense. If the truth behind the accident was exactly what I thought it was,

I would be indirectly accepting that the car crash, which claimed my parents' lives, had been a

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how true was

my parents' only kin. How would they rest in peace if their only daughter did not look into the cause. of their deaths and determine if the accident had been

would much