Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 682

Chapter 682

1 muttered a half-hearted reply and headed for the meeting room without bothering to ask who was waiting

"Wait up," Ron called after me. "That model from yesterday-he's seriously not Hayden."

"I know," I said, biting the edge of my coffee cup. "I buried him myself."

Ron just nodded and let me go. That's when I saw who was waiting inside.

Jace.

His eyes fixed on me like he was trying to read my mind.

Too bad for him, I was in a great mood today. For the first time in weeks, I'd actually put on makeup. Heck, I'd even looked in the mirror before leaving and thought, 'Dang, I look good." Even the pain in my injured leg decided to chill out. Walking didn't hurt for once.

"You're late," Jace broke the silence as he checked me out, his tone super casual.

"Yeah, but my boss is cool. No pay dockings here," I shot back. His face froze for a second.

at RiverwaveCorp, being late meant fines, CEO's fiancée

but you didn't answer. I even swung by your place, but the lights were off. I was

and crashed,"

"I thought you'd be

for? Xander?" I asked bluntly. We

Hayden," Jace said, pulling out his phone. A second

there." He paused briefly, then added, "Hayden's gone, Rea. You

know Hayden's gone. I'm not mistaking Xander

a little-until I

narrowed. "What's that

sipped my coffee, leaving

his temple popped. "Rea, stop. Hayden's gone. You loved

mean, his face definitely didn't hurt," I said with a

stunned, like

front of me. What do you think that feels like?" "So what? You're going to treat Xander like he's Hayden? Use him as a stand-in to fill

he was angry, because his voice

shook my head. "I'm not that

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