Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Hello 430

Chapter 430

The baby was bom prematurely-seven and a half months.

He lay in the incubator, nearly translucent. Just looking at him made my heart ache.

Lena couldn't say if the baby would make it. It was all up to fate now.

Tanya didn't actually succeed in jumping, but her baby sure paid the price. And she didn't get out unscathed either. Her uterus ruptured, she bled out like crazy, and they had to do an emergency hysterectomy just to keep her alive. Barely. She was lucky to be alive.

Honestly, I didn't care about her anymore. But the baby.. that poor kid. Desmond's parents didn't even acknowledge him, and now he was fatherless. With Tanya as his mom? Yeah, the future wasn't looking too bright. If she cared even a little, she wouldn't have kept putting him at risk with her wild decision When Hayden showed up at the hospital to get me, he looked... furious. Lena bumped me with her shoulder. "Uh-oh, your man's pissed.

Yeah, I saw it.

"You're still tangled up in this Jace mess," Lena muttered. "Of course he's upset."

Hayden was already at my side, staring at me in total

felt like the air between us had thickened, dropping the temperature a good ten degrees. Hayden, who was always calm and chill, now looked

fine, but today could've gone bad. Really bad.

stepped closer. "I'm okay.

him. I reached for his hand, "I swear, I'm done with their drama. For good this time." Lens cleared her throat, stepping in with her usual sass "Hey, Hayden? Your girl's had a day. Maybe ditch the silent treatment and give her a

it," Lena winked at me. She always

turned back to me. "This

grinning as

melted away. relief, fear, and this raw vulnerability that made my eyes sting Suddenly, I

letting

to it," Lena said,

aw

+25 BONUS

she stopped, her expression turning serious. Actually, there's

in Hayden, I

her hands into her