Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter

641

I glanced back at the window. The amusement park, once eerie and dead quiet, was now lit up like a dream. Cheers from outside drifted in, muffled but unmistakable.

"It's back," Wayne muttered, eyes glued to the glowing scene beyond the glass.

"Ms. Kay, Mr. Johnston, look..." One of the tech guys pointed at the monitor, voice

tight.

I followed his gaze. The lights on the screen weren't stable anymore. They'd warped into messy, zigzagging streaks.

"There's still an issue," Wayne said, frowning hard.

For a beat, I just stared, heart pounding. Then, without thinking, I bolted for the door. I didn't stop running until I was outside. The noise hit me like a wall- screams, gasps, and excited chatter. A crowd was gathered, all pointing at the lights. "There are words up there!" someone shouted.

I tilted my head back, and my breath caught. The shifting lights sparked a memory-Hayden's proposal. My chest squeezed as I remembered the streamers, the words floating around me: [Kiki, marry me.]

"It says 'Kiki, marry me!""

"It's a proposal!"

""Who's Kiki?!"

I wish someone would do this for

Tears blurred my vision as the lights overhead pulsed with the same words, Kiki, marry me, over and

it was

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his name written all over it. Nobody else could pull off something like this with the lights. This wasn't some random

pissed. Pissed at me for being reckless. So, he staged all

point.

hit me like a punch to the chest. I started shouting, "Hayden!

the crowd, losing their minds, chanting, "Say yes!

say yes. God, I wanted to. But...

cut out like someone had hit pause on the

everything felt frozen, suspended in

on, brighter and more colorful than before, flooding the park in a kaleidoscope

world? It

magic Hayden had left behind-it was gone,

was next to

concern.

was closing

to say.

quietly. "The