Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

"If you'd done this sooner, Chris wouldn't have left," Lisa suddenly said.

Bringing up an ex in front of a current partner could really mess things up.

But I knew that Lisa wasn't trying to hurt me. She was actually trying to get a reaction from Brandon. I saw her wink at me, which made me realize that she was testing him. No guy would like to hear about his girlfriend's ex. Lisa wanted to see how Brandon would react.

She was bold, not caring if she might upset Brandon.

I looked at Brandon, but his face didn't change at all.

Lisa pressed, "Mr. Howell, don't you agree?"

I stayed quiet.

"Mae only acts cute with me," Brandon said, sounding really affectionate. His answer was so sweet that it made the whole moment feel romantic.

Lisa clicked her tongue. "Mr. Howell, you seem like a tech guy, but you've actually got a romantic side."

"Chemistry has quantum reactions, which change every time based on quantum entanglement," Brandon said, explaining that his romance would be like a scientific mystery. Brandon's way of mixing science with love was really impressive.

Howell, you definitely deserve to win Maddie's heart," Lisa said, giving

felt proud again. Meeting Brandon felt like

Jewel," Lisa said with a

what she meant. "Yes, if it weren't for her, I might not have met Mr.

head on Brandon's shoulder,

much, or your lovey-dovey talk might have made me

how it's

around, we reached the hospital lobby. Just before we went

area. When I tried to say hi, he

like

strange feeling. I could tell I was getting further away from the

Brandon and me while we checked the test results. Everything looked fine. The fever I

had to head back to work, so Brandon and I went to visit Ellie. She seemed down,

of giving her advice, I talked about other things and mentioned a concert coming up. "Would you like

go?" Ellie asked,

of her heart condition, she had many restrictions on what she could