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.

over the paper. When he looked up, his surprise was

then he shot to his

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

then why hadn't he hired anyone? Was he waiting

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you letting me back, or...?" I asked, getting straight to the

flashing a sly grin. "Besides, your contract says you can't resign

little

it," Ron shot back with a playful smirk. "So, technically, you agreed to

the

he didn't know about Hayden's

best. Knowing wouldn't do anything but add

Yuna, and if anything ever happened to him, she

care..

a month since he died. Surely Ron noticed

whole time.

now, standing here, he

right. No one