Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 674 Hayden?

It had to be him. That same silhouette I'd seen in the alley that night.

Last time, I blew it-I fell and missed my chance. Not this time. I stepped forward...and forgot about my busted knee. Yep, down I went, crashing straight to the floor.

"Wow, if you wanted me to catch you, you could've just asked," Cole quipped, smirking as he helped me up.

I ignored him, my focus glued to the stage. Without thinking, I yelled, "Turn on the lights!"

The models froze mid-rehearsal, and the backstage area stayed pitch black.

"I said, turn on the lights!" My voice was louder, desperate.

Ron walked in just then, eyebrows raised. "What's happening? Turn on the lights, now!"

His tone worked like magic. The lights flooded on, way too bright, making everyone blink like deer in headlights- including me.

But I didn't care. My gaze darted from face to face until it landed on the one in the center.

Hayden.

something was off-his eyes. The way he looked at

trailing behind

you

onstage, his voice shaking. "H-Hayden... You-you're alive? But how? You..." He trailed off, too freaked out to

edge of the stage,

be Hayden. I

I whispered, my voice catching on the name I'd repeated in my

didn't even

still keeping me steady, let out a low laugh. "That's not Hayden Hart. That's Xander Zane-the headliner." Cole gestured for the guy to step forward, and he obeyed instantly, hopping off the stage. "Mr. Drago," he said, nodding respectfully to Cole. Cole pointed my

formal and flat. "Ms. Kay, Hello. My name

that, the whole fantasy

had weight, that low, velvety tone that made you

his face... I couldn't shake it. It was too similar. The sharp angles of his jaw, those deep, intense

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skin. Xander's was pale and freakishly perfect, like a wax figure.

clapped his hands, breaking the tension. "Are we rehearsing or what? Don't