Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 713

"Yuna..." I called out, desperate to say something anything

But she didn't even look back. She just ran

Wade, who was rushing after he, paused shot me a pained, almost pleading glance.

"Don't just stand there-go after her!" I snapped. "If something happens to her, that's on you forever."

That lit a fire under him. Without another word, he took off.

I let out a shaky breath before heading back to the private dining room.

As soon as I stepped inside, Xander's piercing gaze locked onto me. "If you hadn't come back soon, I was about to come looking"

Normally, I'd throw out some sarcastic comeback, but now? I didn't have it in me.

I hesitated, then muttered, "Yuna found out..."

I laid it all out, every messy detail. Xander didn't say a word. He didn't have to-the way his expression darkened said everything. Anger, shock, guilt-it was all there.

he was Hayden. Trusted him with Yuna. And now this? It was clear Xander was beating himself up just as much as Wade probably was. "Xan "I started, hoping to cut through the tension, but he suddenly

about to storm out and find Yuna-or Wade. But instead, he looked

"Wait, what?" I blinked.

out

He pulled me up and led me

figured we were going to help find Yuna, but once we were in the car, I realized how wrong I

not going after

I?"

at him, stunned.

he added, "I'm not that deep in the

calm, so detached-felt like a gut

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Chapter 713

Xander now, not

a lie. He

myself say-it all exploded at once. I grabbed his arm, my voice shaking. "There's no one else here, okay? Can you just stop pretending for five seconds?" His jaw clenched. When he finally spoke,

mirror, I caught his eyes-focused on the road, hard and distant. No

wondering what he was looking at so intently, but his voice sliced through the

"Don't turn around."