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.

him and walking away from his lies was probably

didn't ask why I moved here. He didn't need to-he knew exactly what I was trying to get away

to celebrate. I had missed his competition, so

and his buddies would be there. Hey, Steve, what if we hang out just the two

overseas again," Steve reminded me. "It's your only chance." Ugh. As I hesitated,

admitted. No point

not over Jace yet, Steve

if you

in the room."

His words hit harder than I expected. If Steve thought that, then Jace probably did

to prove to everyone that Jace and were

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

more of those brooding stares he loved to throw my

talk to Steve about, so I didn't

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Chapter 408

got to Steve's celebration, of course everyone was there. The whole squad. They greeted me like I'd been gone for

Long time no see!"

amazing." Eric, the baby of the group, said

against his beer bottle. Eric, news flash: I'm not Jace's fiancée