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."

mouth tightened, and he

just my imagination-there was definitely

willing to explain, I'll stop you from seeing her," I said

Yuna. I just..." He faltered again.

But Wade and Yuna barely knew

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

because Wade looked down, as if he knew I'd figured

heart she received... it

moment, it felt like my

me-he'd been there to witness Narelle's heart beating again, now inside Yuna. I

his eyes misting

the coffee grounded me. "So, in a sense,

it?"

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Chapter 550

know she's not Narelle. She just has

further. "Do you think that love comes from Yuna herself, or from

of coffee. "I