Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I kept my eyes on Wayne, and his reaction told me everything.

"Rea," he said softly, "don't overthink this."

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Overthink? I wasn't, not until now.

The way he said it just made me think harder. "Matthew and Lindey knew too, didn't they?" I asked, though deep down, I already knew the answer. They'd raised me for years-no way they wouldn't know my blood type.

"They took you in, cared for you like their own. Of course they knew," Wayne said, sounding like he was trying a little too hard to make it all seem fine.

Right. It wasn't weird they knew. What was weird? The fact they never told me.

My parents have always treated you like their own daughter. There's no hidden agenda," Wayne added, his voice sounding almost

more you explain,

Yeah, that.

I hadn't thought much about it before you opened your mouth. But now?" I raised

those last

shifted, like he

but his whole defensive act had me spiraling

my stuff, my mind

parents' accident, they'd asked me if I'd

I only wanted to be with them. I even hugged them, joking I'd never

brought it up again-until after they were gone. Then, Matthew and Lindey told me Jace was supposed to be my future husband. Apparently, it had been decided when

know Jace and I shared the same rare blood type? Were they trying to make sure

after the fact? Maybe they saw our matching blood types and decided to play matchmaker,

to sound cynical, but the idea that Jace and I, with this super rare blood type, almost

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more than just some random

one in the Johnston family