Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 776 Chapter

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Jace had been our only real connection, but now? He wasn't tied to either of us anymore. Life's funny like that.

"Oh? Haven't seen him lately?" I asked, my smile faint but knowing.

Tanya didn't dodge it. "No, I haven't."

"Already missing him?" I teased, half-joking.

"Maybe a little," she replied, unexpectedly blunt.

"Then go find him."

Tanya smirked. "If I could find him, do you think I'd waste my time asking you?"

Talking to Tanya was like tiptoeing through a minefield-one wrong move, and boom.

The more combative she got, the calmer I felt. Crazy, isn't it? The guy who used to bend over backward for you just vanished. Men's hearts-so 'reliable', right?" "No need to rub it in," she snapped.

moment. She wasn't the same Tanya from before. I couldn't help but wonder what Jace would think if he saw her like this. "Do you regret it?" I asked casually, leaning against

was sharp, no

kind of firm denial? Always a dead giveaway

be happy together right now. Tanya didn't respond, so I sighed. "After everything I've been through, I've realized no amount of

trying to poke at her-I was just saying how I

riding a bike together or carrying groceries home, I think, that must be what happiness looks like." I gave her a soft smile. "You've

she hadn't made it to the top, but in this bar? She was still someone people looked

a second that, on nights like this, surrounded by loud

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stayed defiant, letting out a cold laugh. "That's just

abruptly. "Keira, you've gotten real chatty lately. What, trying to be some kind of savior? If so, save it for somewhere else you're barking up the wrong tree." She said

her talk down to

bar and froze

want to see me and had already

are you doing singing in a place like this? Out of money?"

there's money to make,

argue with

Yuna was fiercely independent. Even though she could've leaned on Hayden, she chose to earn