Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 749

From the look on her face, it was clear-Lena didn't order anything.

I got up to help her with the package, figuring she was wiped from her day in surgery. I double-checked the label. Yep, it was addressed to her.

"Maybe one of your admirers sent you a gift?" teased, setting the box on the table.

Lena gave me a seriously? look but grabbed a box cutter and started slicing it open.

I leaned in to watch because, honestly, I was just as curious.

Big mistake.

The second she pulled back the flaps and opened the inner box, we both screamed like we were extras in a horror movie.

And kept screaming..

Because slithering out of the box was a snake.

Our panic didn't stop until someone outside, probably alarmed by the banshee-level noise, burst in and grabbed the snake.

The thing had launched out of the box like it

even a caterpillar, could send us both into a full-blown meltdown. This wasn't just a scare-it was a calculated move

from the apartment complex I used to live in. Problem? That place was demolished ages ago. Whoever sent this wasn't just being random-they knew me. This

victims had been noticed, and

back off.

I said, guilt heavy in my voice as I looked at her pale face. "You're only involved because of

what I'd been dreading-dragging people I cared about into

this time, which means it's just a warning. If you

wasn't having it. She shook her head, her expression hardening.

Chapter 749

be scared

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was like trying to make the sun

this wasn't some petty beef. This was the Drago family-a dangerous game where they

grip on her hands. "Lena, listen to me. If anything happens to you of this, I'll never forgive

because

me a small laugh, though her eyes softened when she saw how shaken

wasn't wrong. If the threat had been aimed at me, I wouldn't

promise me you'll stop looking for the other

hesitation, she