Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Chapter 702

I was completely caught off guard. Instinctively, I ducked my head, twisting to avoid him.

But Wayne was stronger, and when he was this determined, there was no way I could break free.

"Rea, why is it okay for them, but not for me?" he rasped, his voice hoarse with anger and frustration. "I love you just as much as they do maybe even more.

I couldn't think clearly, let alone explain anything. All I wanted was to shove him away, to escape, but I didn't have the strength to fight him off.

His lips brushed the top of my head, then slid to my cheek. When he nuzzled against my neck, I felt the weight pressing on my waist vanished as Wayne was shoved back.

"Mr. Johnston," Xander's voice cut through the tension. "Things between men and women should be consensual. Forcing them? Well, that kind of ruins all the fun, don't you think?"

His tone was nothing like Hayden's. I didn't know how Xander had managed to transform himself so completely, but hearing his voice right then felt like a lifeline.

Clinging to the edge of Xander's jacket, my fingers trembling, I listened as he taunted Wayne with a calm that cut deep.

his behavior on being

in the clear-only for Xander to show up and derail everything all over again. The frustration of chasing something so relentlessly, only to have it snatched away again and again, had finally pushed him

think you are to talk to me like this?" Wayne

worn a mask in front of me, but tonight, he'd ripped it off

a quick glance at me before pinning Wayne with his gaze. Don't you

to handle him, I didn't want things to spiral into

my grip on Xander's hand, whispering, "Take me

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came out so broken, that even I was startled by how

shaken me to my

head. Then he raised an eyebrow at Wayne." Mr. Johnston, shall

and undeniably

me. He tore off

he disappeared, I let out a breath I didn't even realize I was holding.

right back to when I first met him. Rugged, unyielding, impossible to ignore. "Hay..." The word barely formed on my lips before he shut it

that wasn't enough. His hand caught my chin, scanning

was Hayden. Anger churned in my chest-this man had faked his death, shattered me completely, and now he showed up

to mess with