Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 432

Wait, what? Kept the Johnstons waiting?

It wasn't just what Kylian said that threw me off-it was the fact he said "we" while talking to Hayden. Lena shot me a confused look, but I stayed quiet, holding my breath, waiting for Hayden's response.

There he was, in his perfectly tailored suit, looking all sharp and in control, like a guy who's used to making big decisions. Kylian-who was supposed to be the heir of the Hart family-suddenly seemed like the sidekick. "If it's that hard, just make the decision yourself," Hayden said coolly.

Kylian looked relieved. "Then I'll finalize things with them today," he said. "When will you be free?"

Hayden's brow furrowed. "Not anytime soon."

Kylian blinked, clearly thrown off by the brush-off. Just as he was about to say something else, Hayden cut him off. "I'm having dinner with my fiancée and friends. We'll talk later."

And with that, Hayden walked away, leaving Kylian standing there with his hand half-raised, before he just let it drop, totally defeated.

Once they were out of sight, Lena tugged at my arm. "Isn't Kylian the Hart family heir? Why does he act like such a pushover around Hayden?"

Yeah, it was weird. I'd noticed that before.

Hayden's some big-shot expert. You know how companies worship talent

I didn't quite believe

eyes. "Oh, please. There are plenty of talented

shrugged. "Then what

second, then nudged me. "What if Hayden's secretly part of the

surgery was

point... but still..." Lena trailed off, thinking hard. "He's a top-tier talent. He's gotta be making bank, right? So why couldn't he pay for the surgery himself?

I wondered about that too. But Yuna told me Hayden's helped a ton of people. He probably donates

but dude needs to secure his own

mocking Hayden's financial

great and all, but you've gotta take

"Don't be so hard on him. Maybe he's doing it to rack up some good

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teased. "Always defending your man,

don't you

her usual sass, Lena just smiled, and I could tell something was weighing on her. She didn't want

her pace. "Look, if you don't want him to go, and you two are