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?"

edged with

he could see me.

gun on Wayne and whoever else

added, softer now. "I never

in the past to protect me,

voice steady.

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

I sat in the car a minute longer, piecing

inside.

doors opened, and there he was-Wayne. Waiting

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force himself on me, I saw no reason to hide my feelings. "Rea,

about what?" I deadpanned, already over

He stopped, corrected himself. "Hayden. The car crash-it wasn't

my arms. "Then who

me to test him,"