Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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 had thought about

added,

as ever, like he was

twist his innocent comment into

dried soup in his hair and gave him a quick

clothes I could change into?" he asked,

for a second, fighting the urge to snap,

"Even old clothes are

name, but we both knew who the "old clothes" belonged

glare, but he didn't flinch. That maddening calm of

out without sounding ridiculous. And here I was, fully

I'll find

I dug through the closet, a wave of regret hit hard. These weren't just random hoodies or tees-they were Hayden's. Every thread had a memory stitched into it, and now I was supposed to

it: if he wore Hayden's clothes, would he look even

second, I was reminding myself that Xander wasn't Hayden, and the next, I was practically

in my

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Chapter 690

Perfect timing-or maybe not.

I checked the

Jace.

he doing