Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 690

Chapter 690

I froze.

Did he just... reverse-rizz me?

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My cheeks went hot, and I realized too late that I'd totally walked into his trap. All this time, I'd pegged him as some clueless rookie, but nope-dude was playing in the major leagues. Not bad.

I fought back a smirk, keeping my expression cool. "Don't flatter yourself."

I put down my bowl, breezed over to the couch, and turned on the TV.

Meanwhile, Xander was annoyingly unbothered. He cleaned the table-wiping off the soup I'd accidentally sprayed on him, washing the dishes, even tidying up the kitchen.

"Mind if Luse your bathroom?" he asked

"Knock yourself out," I said, keeping mo

But I couldn't shake his earlier comm normal.

eyes glued to the screen.

It lingered, like a song stuck in my head, making it impossible to act

part of me really

shower," Xander added, snapping me

stood there, cool as ever, like

to twist his innocent comment into something

the dried soup in his hair and

could

for a second, fighting the urge to snap,

"Even old clothes are

Loud and clear. He didn't say Hayden's name, but we both knew who the "old clothes" belonged

him a glare, but he didn't flinch. That maddening calm of his made me second-guess myself, like I was

the worst-when someone's so composed, you can't even call them out without sounding ridiculous. And here I was, fully stuck in

I'll find something," I

tees-they were Hayden's. Every thread had a memory stitched

new thought hit, and I hated it: if he

was reminding myself that Xander wasn't Hayden,

Hayden's clothes, caught in my own head, when the

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Chapter 690

Perfect timing-or maybe not.

the security

Jace.

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