Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 473

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I'd only really taken a good look around this hospital room twice-once when I was searching for Hayden, and now, while trying to figure out what to pack.

Wayne crouched in front of me, his voice soft. "Rea, how are you feeling? Any discomfort?"

I was about to shake my head when a knock interrupted us. Jace walked in with the doctor.

"Let the doctor check you over. If anything happens on the plane, it'll be hard to deal with," Jace said, hist gaze briefly flicking to Wayne. I noticed the slight crease in his brow.

As the doctor moved closer, Wayne stood up and stepped aside, naturally giving him room.

The doctor listened to my heartbeat, took my blood pressure, and ran through a full exam. "You're recovering well," he finally said. "Everything looks normal."

"Thank you, doctor," Jace said, sounding genuinely grateful.

Wayne chimed in, "I'll walk the doctor out. I need to pack, too. Jace, stay and talk to Rea."

The door clicked shut behind them, and just like that, it was me and Jace. Alone.

said a word. We just sat there, wrapped in silence. I

what felt like forever, he finally broke

him, knowing my eyes were distant, glazed

for me, you wouldn't

I blinked, then lowered my eyes to

you do it?

bitter smile. "Because if I didn't,

yourself? I know what happened-if

I'd watched my blood fill the bag for him. I smiled again, but it didn't reach my eyes. "If

you so much, might

stopped halfway and you didn't make it, what was the

my eyes to meet his. "Don't overthink it. Even if it hadn't been you that day-if it was a stranger-I would've done the

bit, "Really? Even for a

I said, a little too quickly,

it-the flash of disappointment in

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I said, hoping to stop whatever spiral he was about to fall into. "I saved

that's why I'm in your

shared meals, lived under the same roof. How could

smile. "Since we split up, you've built so many walls around yourself. You

not possible between us now. If I let you hang on to hope, I'd