Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 450

My heart skipped a beat. "What happened?"

Jace's face darkened. "He got into a fight."

A fight overseas, right before a major competition? That didn't sound like Steve. "Did he ask you to come?

Jace hesitated. "He's been detained."

I blinked, stunned. "That serious?"

"Yeah, and if things don't go well, he could be facing long-term imprisonment." His words knocked the wind out of me for a second.

Seeing the worry on my face, Jace added, "I don't know all the details yet. One of his teammates called. I'm heading over to figure things out."

I nodded slightly. "Let me know if anything-"

to come with me?"

"His teammate said Steve's not

family. Someone who'd always had my back. Now he was

was a different story. I didn't want to do anything that could upset Hayden. There was a time when Jace didn't care about my feelings and hurt me by being with someone else. I couldn't do the same to Hayden. "You go ahead. I'll come later, after I pack," I said, turning down

when we get there," he

the hint. But instead, he pushed, making

I couldn't do that.

pulled out

a trip abroad, and my passport ended up in

reached out to take it, but

in a tense silence, until Jace finally spoke, his voice low. "So,

up at him with a soft smile. "It's not that I can't-it's that I don't

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my responsibility to

hit him hard, and after a moment, he let go of the passport, his smile bitter. "You really care about

were together, you never cared this much about

way of dredging up

I asked,

you. But