Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 530

If Hayden hadn't said anything, I might have forgotten he was even there.

the way here.

His face was unreadable, but his eyes? Dark and intense, like he was drilling straight into Matthew. He was talking about his dad. But Thorsten had already mentioned Hayden's father was involved-bribed, apparently. Hayden himself admitted it was all about the money on So why was he bringing it up again? What was he really digging for?

My head started to pound, like a jackhammer revving up. I glanced at Matthew, who somehow looked perfectly calm. Lindey, on the other hand, was a bundle of nerves, fingers clutching Matthew's arm.

After a long, tense silence, Matthew finally replied, "Your father was bribed. That has nothing to do with

me."

"Are you absolutely sure about that?" Hayden shot back, his voice ice-cold.

"Hayden," Lindey jumped in, defending Matthew. "He's already admitted what he did to Rea's parents. If he'd been involved with your dad, he wouldn't hide it now."

Hayden's jaw clenched tighter. "According to what I found, Thorsten bribed my dad on someone else's

orders."

a split second, a crack in the calm mask. But Hayden wasn't stopping. "If I'm right, you set it all up to make sure Keira had nowhere else to go. With her parents gone, she'd have no one

gaze locked on mine, steady. "Her rare blood type meant

the start, she

that's not true! We genuinely

couldn't take it anymore. I cut her off. Maybe she didn't know about what Matthew had done to my parents, but that didn't make his

that true?" My

was all the

this family-it had been built on

some business deal. Maybe it was all because of the blood

the last ten years loving him, giving my heart to this family, to people who'd

going numb. My fingers tingled, barely holding

you hate me, if you want

mask of regret I didn't buy for

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only made him seem more hollow. All these years, he'd worn this mask, fooling

I clung to

fix the life you ripped away from me, the years I spent trying to earn your love?" In that