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.

"the chair's pretty handy. It's great for her recovery. You know,

Mic drop.

and from the corner of my eye, I caught Aaron smirking like he was enjoying the drama. He stepped forward. "So, where are you ladies off

out some eye candy," Lena shot back, all sass, before wheeling

about tech-it had a live segment with male models decked out in glowing

Their matching costumes made them almost blend together,

them is a walking thirst trap," she whispered, practically

on their faces instead

them properly from here. Can we get closer?"

stage manager swooped in. "What are

Keira Kay from OceanixCorp," I said, calm but firm. "I'm here to check on the

him up fast. Perks of being the

took that as the cue

they noticed us. 1 scanned the lineup, trying to

when her eyes landed on one

stayed locked on the guy

Hayden, I've