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

"Jace, it's not appropriate for you

anything by it. I'm just worried something might happen. I'll stay

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

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

I

too

Jace.

argue. He just

suffocating, like

in my chest. Just when I thought I

out

me if you need

the door and went in, slamming it

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Chapter 557

fighting the tight, painful

couldn't let myself completely break. I bit my lip, hard, tasting blood, but even that

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