Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 557

Chapter 557

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The burning ache in my throat spread straight to my heart. As silence hung on Hayden's end, I forced myself to say, "I won't bother you while you're picking out rings. Goodbye."

Then I hung up, pressing the button so hard it felt like I was crushing my own heart along with the call.

I stood there, frozen, until Jace walked over. The second he got close, I dropped my head and hurried toward the elevator. "Wait here. I'm just going to pack my things," I mumbled as I passed him. "I'll go up with you," he said.

"There's no need. I can handle it myself," I replied, voice sharper than I intended, quickening my pace.

But Jace followed anyway. "What's wrong?"

He could tell something was off.

The bitterness clawing at my chest nearly broke me then and there. I felt myself on the edge, seconds from falling apart, from letting everything spill out in front of him.

But 1 couldn't. Not in front of Jace.

that Hayden was the right choice. And now, it all

keeping my voice steady. "Jace, it's not appropriate

don't mean anything by it. I'm just worried something might happen. I'll stay by the

inside, and I didn't want him going back downstairs either. Right now, I needed a moment to gather up the shattered pieces of

phone? It ripped the illusion to shreds.

sentence, and I was

being a little too paranoid?" I snapped, my frustration

Jace.

darkened, but he didn't argue. He

small, closed space with him felt suffocating, like

Just when I thought I was

out

be right here. Call me if you need anything,"

opened the door and went in, slamming

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fighting the tight, painful knot rising

couldn't let myself completely break. I bit

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