Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 730

I'd barely stepped into the hospital when Hayden called.

"Where are you?" he asked.

I checked the time-three hours since we'd last seen each other. "What, miss me already?"

Flirty banter came easy with Hayden. He soaked it up, and honestly, I loved that. Back with Jace? Yeah, not so much. He'd always been so... distant.

Funny how you don't know what's missing until you find something better. With Hayden, love actually felt real.

"Yeah, I miss you" he said, no hesitation.

I laughed. "Ten minutes. That's all it'll take."

"You're already at the hospital?" he guessed.

Before I could confirm, he dropped the real bomb. "Wayne was here. He knows who I am- and that I've been collecting evidence. Now he's pressuring me to hand it over." Great. I knew what that meant. "So, he's gonna think you left the evidence with me. He'll come looking, won't he?"

said, his voice edged with

stomach tightened, but I nodded like he could

must've been the smoking gun on Wayne and whoever

"I never

me,

like we had a choice," I said, keeping my voice steady. "I'm not

swore I'd do whatever it took to end this. I wasn't the fragile girl who needed saving anymore.

the car a minute longer, piecing things together. Then I

inside.

there he was-Wayne. Waiting

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the incident. where he tried to force himself on me, I saw

I deadpanned,

himself. "Hayden. The car crash-it

arms. "Then who was

him,"