Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 541

A flicker of disappointment flashed in Wayne's eyes, but he nodded and raised his hand to flag down a cab for me. When it pulled up, he even opened the door.

As we drove off, I glanced back and saw Wayne's car trailing us-not too close, not too far, just keeping

watch.

The driver glanced at me in the rearview mirror, smirking a little. "Rough patch with your boyfriend, huh? He seems like a good one. You're upset, don't want to ride with him, so he's just following quietly to make sure you're safe." The guy was a little too chatty. I looked out the window. "He's not my boyfriend."

He blinked, surprised, and thankfully took the hint to stop talking.

I focused on the passing streetlights, letting the silence settle.

But then I caught a glimpse of another car in the rearview mirror, right behind Wayne's. My heart stuttered. It looked like Hayden's car.

Chadwick's words came back to me. 'Hayden is going to marry someone else.

my eyes, telling myself I was seeing things, but that ache in my chest

imagination. He was really

all the congratulations with the Dragos? Why was

it was really him. Leaning forward, I tapped the driver's seat. "Um, sir, could you, I don't know, maybe swerve a little? Like... make a sudden turn?" "What?" He looked at me like I'd asked

gave me a side-eye, like he was thinking, 'Girl, you're changing your

didn't know I was actually

he just shrugged. "Alright, making lovebirds happy adds ten years

lurch back into my seat. Before I could process the speed, he spun the wheel hard, throwing us into a crazy swerve. We even did a full 360 right in the street. It was the kind of stunt you'd only see in a movie, yet here we were, pulling it off

down. The driver turned to me, grinning. "Well, looks like your boyfriend showed up... ar, uh, both of them." "Real" Wayne

barely looked at him. My gaze went straight to the other side, where Hayden was opening the

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he saw I was fine, his tense expression softened just a bit. He almost stepped back, like he was going to walk away. "Hayden!" I called,

to face

this about? Why are you following me?" I asked, fighting the burn of tears at the edge