Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 676

"Rea, what's with the wheelchair?" Jace's voice cut through the chatter.

I turned to see him walking over with Aaron.

Jace rocked a crisp white shirt, while Aaron was in all black Total opposites, but together? They had that annoying "main character energy" that turned heads. "Wow, look at that," Lena muttered. "Everyone decided to show up today."

No kidding. All this fuss over a light show? Wild.

But I knew why Lena was snippy-Aaron. She'd rather choke on her coffee than deal with him, but since he was a client here for the event, we had to play nice. Jace came up fast, his eyes locking on my legs. "Where are you hurt?"

"It's just a scraped knee. Chill, I'm fine," I said, trying to downplay it.

Jace wasn't buying it. "Yeah, sure. Totally fine in a wheelchair?"

Lena jumped in before I could answer. "Oh, that's on your brother. He freaked out, said if she didn't use the chair, he'd carry her instead. So, here we are."

She smirked, totally owning the moment. Jace's face darkened, but Lena? She couldn't care less. She still held a grudge over, well... everything. And she never passed up a chance to twist the knife.

smile, "the chair's pretty handy. It's great for her

Mic drop.

from the corner of my eye, I caught Aaron smirking like he was

Lena shot back,

a live segment with

rolled in, the models were already lined up. Their matching costumes made them almost blend together, but Lena's

them is a walking thirst

their faces instead of

Can we

we could, a no-nonsense stage manager swooped in. "What are you doing here? Backstage

OceanixCorp," I said, calm but firm. "I'm here to check on

him up fast. Perks of being the

go on, so make it quick," he huffed, stepping aside. Lena took that as the cue to wheel me closer, practically

models immediately straightened when they noticed us. 1 scanned the lineup, trying to stay professional,

when her eyes landed on

locked on the guy with Hayden's

shook her head. "If that's not Hayden, I've officially