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.

from his lies was probably

why Hayden didn't ask why I moved here. He didn't need to-he knew exactly

to celebrate. I had missed his competition, so there was

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

"It's your only chance." Ugh. As I hesitated, he laughed softly. "What? You're

I admitted. No

guess you're not over Jace yet, Steve

argue, but he went on, "I mean, if you were, it'd be no big deal, right? He'd just

in the room."

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

to everyone that Jace and

most importantly, Jace needed to get it through his thick skull that there was no "us"

stares he loved to

stuff to talk to Steve about, so I didn't

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Chapter 408

celebration, of course everyone was there. The whole squad. They greeted me like I'd been

time no see!" they called

look amazing." Eric, the baby of

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