Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

"That's great."

I felt grateful to Keith at this moment, never expecting him to be so thorough.

It was already a great stroke of luck that a professor of his stature would perform the surgery himself. But for him to also be so attentive to the heart donor was beyond my expectations.

I knew that it was because of Lisa.

"Do they know when the new heart will arrive?" I asked again.

Brandon lowered his gaze. "I'm not sure."

I glanced at the clean yet chilly hospital corridor. "So, what does Mr. Marrow suggest? Should she stay in the hospital and wait, or go home to rest?"

"I'll let her go home and rest. Ellie had hardly ever left her village due to her health and had never been to Hilcord. I want to take her around." Brandon shared his thoughts.

I agreed. The fact that Ellie had never tried coffee or milkshakes before spoke to how alien the outside world was to her. She might have read about it in books, but she had never actually experienced it. ""Alright." I supported his idea.

you continue to keep her company, you won't be able to go to the office." Brandon didn't respond, so I continued with a sigh. "It'd be great to be the boss, then you wouldn't have to work for

nervousness must be about to

believed him. But I couldn't understand why he was pretending to be poor in this

there some hidden

he

would pretend to be

sharpened, yet he remained

when men pretend to be poor, they want to test whether the

heard his conversation with

keeping secrets, it's likely for a valid

a splendid reason he's

it's more about a lack of

faltered slightly. I had said this much, yet he still refused

"Mae..."

to find Lisa," I interrupted him, shoving the glass of water I was holding into his hand. Then, I pulled the keys out of my pocket and dangled them in front of

pretty upset that