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?"

Hayden said, his voice edged with worry. "Be

nodded like he could

smoking gun on Wayne and

"I never wanted you caught up

to protect me, but in the end, neither of us could escape

we had a choice," I said, keeping my voice steady. "I'm not going down without a

thought he'd died, I swore I'd do whatever it took to end this. I wasn't the fragile girl who needed saving anymore. "Alright," he sighed. "Come back

car a

inside.

opened, and there he was-Wayne. Waiting

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Chapter 730

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I might have maintained polite pretenses with him, but ever since the incident. where he tried to force himself on me, I saw no reason to hide my feelings. "Rea, can we talk?" he asked, his voice oddly

what?" I deadpanned, already over

himself. "Hayden. The car

my arms. "Then

to test him," Wayne said,