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.

pen hovering over the paper.

just stared, then he shot to his feet. "Oh my god, you're back! I

off, but I knew what he meant. He

really thought that, then why hadn't he hired anyone? Was he waiting

1/3

+25 BONUS

letting me back, or...?"

do? Quit? No chance. I wouldn't approve it anyway," he said, flashing a sly grin. "Besides, your contract says you can't resign until you've worked at least a year." Wait-what? That was in the contract? How

little

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

the least bit

didn't know about Hayden's

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

ever happened to him, she was to keep it from his sister. No need

care..

since he died.

whole time.

here, he hadn't even mentioned

Hayden was right. No one