Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 408

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I trailed behind Tanya all the way to my building. She waltzed in through the front door like she owned the place and hopped on the elevator.

When the elevator dinged to her floor, I could only think of two words: soap opera.

She was living right above me.

Like, was this some weird coincidence? Or was the universe just playing a bad joke on me?

Either way, it was seriously annoying.

Luckily, my neighbors were pretty much ghosts, so fingers crossed I'd never run into Tanya. But with the way she waddled-super pregnant and looking like she was about to pop-I wasn't sure how long my luck would last. Tanya, broke-as-a-joke Tanya, suddenly living in a fancy building like this? Yeah, I didn't even need to guess who was bankrolling her lifestyle.

Jace. He was a pro at this. Pretending he still cared about me while being a complete jerk behind the

scenes.

his lies

moved here. He didn't need to-he knew exactly what

fresh off his competition win, and wanted to celebrate. I had missed his competition, so there was no way I

catch? Jace and his buddies would be there. Hey, Steve, what if

head overseas again," Steve reminded me. "It's your only chance." Ugh. As I hesitated, he laughed softly. "What? You're

admitted. No point

I guess you're not over Jace yet, Steve

he went on, "I mean, if you were, it'd be no big deal,

in the room."

His words hit harder than I expected. If Steve thought that, then Jace probably did too. And all his friends...

it was time to prove to everyone that

most importantly, Jace needed to get it through his thick skull that there

stares he loved to

I had stuff to talk to Steve about, so I didn't really have a choice. "Alright, fine.

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Chapter 408

Steve's celebration, of course everyone was there. The whole squad. They greeted

time no see!" they

you look amazing." Eric, the baby

grabbed a soda and clinked it against his beer bottle. Eric, news flash: I'm not Jace's