Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 496

Hayden

just stared at me, silent.

My heart was pounding like I was waiting for the verdict on some huge screw-up.

Finally, after what felt like forever, he moved. He took my hand and said, "Keira, let go."

And just like that, my heart dropped straight through the floor.

Humiliation flooded over me, hot and stinging. I'd swallowed every last bit of my pride to try to fix things, and still... nothing.

He'd made up his mind.

He loved me, but he wouldn't be with me.

That stubborn jerk.

frustration boiled over, and before I knew it,

grunt, but he didn't push me away-just

the angrier I got. Part of me wanted to snap him out of whatever trance he was in, to make him wake up,

promises, and now I was biting him with every ounce of frustration I had left, and

what else was

Beg? Keep humiliating myself?

I knew

finally let go, my whole body going weak, and shoved him away. "Fine. Go. Get out

edge of my bed, then

holding in exploded. I grabbed my pillow, buried my face in it,

the time Lena showed up, I'd been lying in bed all day, completely numb, like all the life

of me.

even Jace's betrayal had hit

"I heard you lost a lot of blood,

blinked up at her, my voice barely there. "Why

rot here, and I'd end up on corpse duty," she replied, each

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