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.

been so sure, practically bragging to Jace that I was what I wanted, that Hayden was the right choice. And now, it

steady. "Jace, it's not appropriate for you to come

worried something might happen. I'll stay by the door. I won't

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

that single line on the phone? It ripped the illusion to shreds. I hadn't let him go at all. I still cared, more than I wanted

I

could happen? Aren't you being a little too paranoid?"

Jace.

darkened, but he didn't argue. He just stepped into

that small, closed space with him felt suffocating, like being tangled up in vines that were

to the pressure in my chest. Just when I thought I was

stepped out quickly, Jace

you need anything," he said quietly as we reached

the door and went in, slamming it shut behind me. I leaned back against

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fighting the

Jace just outside, I couldn't let myself completely break. I bit

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