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.

dumping him and walking away from his lies was probably the best decision

here. He didn't need to-he

I had

would be there. Hey, Steve, what if we hang out just the two of us

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

I admitted. No point

you're not over Jace

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

in the room."

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

everyone that Jace and were done. Like, for

it through his thick

those brooding stares he loved to

so I

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course everyone was there. The whole

no see!" they called out, all

shows up. Rea, you look amazing." Eric, the

his beer bottle. Eric, news flash: I'm