Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 308

What a silly question! Who in their right mind would tolerate being lied to? I stared at Brandon and probed, "Why do you ask? Are you planning to lie to me in the future? Or are you perhaps lying to me now?" Br before saying slowly, "No."

I couldn't tell if he meant it, but I made my stance on lying very clear. "Brandon, I don't tolerate lies."

He swallowed. "Got it."

Now that I had drawn the line, he could not blame me for any ultimatum I might throw if I caught him lying to me one day.

At

that moment, an announcement came on at the boarding hall, reporting that one of the international flights was ready for boarding. I immediately thought of Chris, and when I looked up in his direction, I saw tha Why would he go abroad? Was it a business trip or something else?

"Mae, we have to go," Brandon prompted, pulling me out of my thoughts.

snapping back to reality as I

feeling uneasy. The last thing I wanted was for Brandon to accuse me of stealing glances at Chris, even if my concern for the latter was not out of love but curiosity. However, if Brandon had caught me looking at Chris, he did not comment. That made me feel even more uneasy, and guilt made me

hitch. Before turning off my phone for the flight, I saw a new text that went unread. It was from

I stopped after he came home one day and

Don't bother texting if you

sent him anything

well wishes one could offer a traveling loved one, but it contained my greatest wish. Since my parents' accident, I had feared saying goodbye to the people around me. I didn't want to say goodbye to them, believing

had dismissed my messages with outright contempt. So,

would throw the same words back at me after

turned off my phone. Brandon followed suit, so solemn and quiet that

leaned my head against his shoulder and murmured,

and rubbed his cheek against the top of my head.

I began carefully. I could never keep a secret, and there were a few things I figured I ought to talk to him about. I couldn't

me if you don't want to," Brandon said to keep me from feeling uneasy or