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.

to Jace that I was what I wanted, that Hayden was the right choice. And now, it all felt like it was coming back

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

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

back downstairs either. Right now, I needed a

phone? It ripped the illusion to shreds. I hadn't let him go at all. I still

I

could happen? Aren't you being a little too paranoid?" I snapped, my frustration spilling

Jace.

darkened, but he didn't argue. He

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

floor numbers blinked by, each one adding weight to the pressure in my chest. Just when I thought I was going to lose

stepped out quickly,

if you need anything," he said quietly

the door and went in, slamming it

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Chapter 557

hard surface, fighting the tight, painful knot rising

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

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