Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Hayden and I ended up snagging the room right next to Nate's, which worked out perfectly because, let's be real, I was dying to see if Lena was gonna spend the night with him. I didn't really care about staying at the hotel-just straight-up nosy.

The second we got to our room, we made a beeline for the balcony. I wasn't even all the way outside before I caught Nate's voice floating over.

"Lena, have you ever thought about working abroad? With your skills, you'd kill it overseas," he said, voice all soft and serious.

I crouched down, peeking over the edge. Sure enough, there they were-Nate had his arm around Lena, both leaning against the railing, staring at the city lights.

"I haven't really thought about it... until tonight," Lena's voice was quieter than I'd ever heard it-like a totally different person from the cool doctor I knew. "Would you consider it?" Nate asked, still soft.

She didn't answer right away, so he kept going. "If you wanted, I could help set things up for you."

name, and I knew something serious was about to drop. "Have

was a pause, then Nate replied, "No." But he said it like he'd thought about

"Your work's known all over, so what does it matter where you are?" Lena paused, then added, "But Nate, my

his chin on her head. "I just think we should be together if we're

That

one of them would have to make a big sacrifice. "Have you really thought about marrying me?" Lena teased, trying to feel out how serious he was. "Yeah," Nate said, no hesitation. "I've wanted you to be my future wife since I realized I loved you. If I didn't, wouldn't this all

not always get how big of a deal marriage is, but for a girl? It's

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who'd been chilling in Nate's arms, turned to face him. Her eyes were all soft, totally lost in the moment. She didn't say a word-just looked at him. The tension

tiptoes, and right as their lips were about to meet-bam! Hayden's hand blocked my view,

he wrapped me up in his arms, dragging me away

"Hey!" I protested.

throwing out those three