Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 623

"Obviously! Missed you treating us to lunch, too," she shot back, bold as anything.

"Done. Let everyone know-dinner's on me tonight at SeaView Dining," I said, not even pausing to think. "Wait-seriously?" Her eyes went wide. Cute.

"Dead serious," I said, giving her a nod.

"Yay!" she squealed, doing a little bounce before running off.

I couldn't help but smile. Somehow, her energy seemed to lift the whole office. The vibe felt lighter already.

After dropping my bag on my desk and taking a quick look around, I decided to swing by Ron's office. "Come in!"

I opened the door to find Ron practically buried under a mountain of paperwork. He didn't even glance up to see who had entered.

I walked closer, noticing the stacks of documents-most of them from my department.

It didn't take a genius to figure out what had been going on. My peaceful break? Yeah, that had been courtesy of Ron's hard work. "You've been running yourself ragged. Why not hire someone else to help out?" I

asked.

hovering over the paper. When he looked up,

a second, he just stared, then he shot to his feet. "Oh my

cut himself off, but I knew what he meant. He didn't think I'd come

he hired

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+25 BONUS

or...?" I asked, getting

flashing a sly grin. "Besides, your contract says you can't resign until you've worked at least a year." Wait-what? That

a little predatory," I

you signed it," Ron shot back with a playful smirk.

the least

know about Hayden's

didn't, that was probably for the best. Knowing wouldn't do anything but add to

anything ever happened to him, she was to

care..

been over a month since he

whole time.

he hadn't even mentioned

was right. No one really cared about