Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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The answer was easy. "Nope. Not a chance."

Yuna frowned. "That won't do. When Hayden gets back, I'm making him marry you right away. Once you're married, no one can steal you."

Such a romantic. She didn't know there's a little thing called divorce.

But I just smiled and played along. "Fine by me. I've been waiting on that proposal forever."

"Really?" Yuna's face lit up. She whipped out her phone and sent a voice message to Hayden, her excitement almost contagious. "Hayden, Keira's just waiting for you to propose! Hurry up and come back already!" I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculously adorable she was.

But after hitting send, Yuna sighed. "Why isn't he answering? What if something happened to him?"

Her words made my heart do this weird little flip, but I couldn't let her see that. I forced a grin and shrugged. "Maybe he got swept off his feet by some gorgeous lady along the way."

like, a million admirers, and he's never cared about any of them. He's

a bit until the hospital breakfast cart rolled in. I stuck around while Yuna ate, but once she was

did? Tried calling Hayden. Still no answer.

knew rushing off to search for Hayden wasn't exactly realistic right now. I'd just have to wait

on my parents' car accident,

Brake failure.

just a mechanical

this gone unquestioned? Matthew had handled everything after the accident-how could he have missed this? Or...

way to get answers was to ask him directly, but Matthew had

Was he

cold chill

was a knock at the door.

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anyone to still be here," said the guy standing outside, looking

at him, totally confused. "Uh, who

replied, flipping through his notepad. "We're doing the final check to confirm everyone's moved out. Water and power are getting shut off soon, and we're prepping for demolition. "Ms...

didn't want to move. I just