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

the lights overhead pulsed

was Hayden!

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

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

point.

a punch to

their minds, chanting, "Say yes!

say yes. God, I wanted to.

cut out

a split second, everything

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

my world?

fleeting magic Hayden had left behind-it was

me. He was next to me now, his

concern.

answer. My throat felt like it was closing in on itself, trapping every

to say.

said quietly. "The glitch must've triggered it to play