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?!"

would do this for

vision as the lights overhead

was Hayden!

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

me for being reckless. So, he staged all this to make

point.

me like a punch to the chest.

Just the crowd, losing their

God, I wanted

noise peaked, the lights snapped off. Boom-total darkness. The cheers cut out like someone had

second, everything felt frozen, suspended

just as suddenly, the lights exploded back on, brighter and more colorful than before, flooding the park

my world? It felt...

had left behind-it was gone, just

voice jolted me. He was next to me now, his

concern.

throat felt like it was closing in on

to say.

quietly. "The glitch must've triggered it to play again." Did I need