Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 550 Chapter 550

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Wade stayed quiet, clearly wrestling with something-or just unwilling to admit it. I decided to cut to the chase. "Wade, did you come into Yuna's life on purpose?" His head snapped up, panic flashing in his eyes. That look alone was answer enough.

Thinking of how I resembled Narelle, and remembering how Wade had been close by after her passing- even following me into the hospital for Yuna's surgery couldn't help but ask, "Were you hoping that by spending time around Yuna, you'd get to see me more often? To... imagine Narelle through me?"

"No." His denial came out fast, almost desperately. "I haven't done that. Not even once."

He took a big gulp of coffee, like he was trying to calm himself or bury something.

I didn't say anything, just watched him carefully.

"Believe me or not," Wade said, his voice serious, "I've never thought of you as Narelle. You may look alike, but I know you're not the same person."

His honesty reassured me-at least a little.

I'd always worried that Wade might see me as Narelle's replacement, that he'd never really move on. Now that he'd said otherwise, I believed him. But one thing still didn't add up.

"Still," I pressed, "your presence around Yuna feels way too coincidental."

and he

was definitely more to

I'll stop you from seeing

just..." He faltered again. "I

his eyes; he wasn't putting on a show. But Wade and Yuna barely knew each other,

protect her?" I asked, and then a thought struck me, making my heart pound.

looked down, as if

the heart she received... it was Narelle's, wasn't

it felt like my blood turned

stayed by the hospital that day, refusing to leave. He hadn't been there for me-he'd been there to witness Narelle's heart beating again, now inside Yuna. I took a couple of long

is still alive, in a way," Wade murmured, his eyes

grounded me. "So, in a sense,

it?"

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Chapter 550

I know she's not Narelle. She just has Narelle's

I said, pushing a little further. "Do you think that love comes from Yuna

of coffee.