Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 807

"If Lena hadn't stuck her nose where it didn't belong, we wouldn't even be here," Wayne grumbled, clearly trying to wrap this up. "Take her and leave. End of story."

Aaron just smiled. "So that's how you handle things? Snatch someone up whenever you feel like it, then pretend it's no big deal when you let them go?"

Wayne knew Aaron wasn't here just for Lena-this was about more than her.

Both of them were playing it cool, trying to keep things from blowing up, but Wayne was clearly hoping Aaron would take the hint and back off.

Too bad for Wayne-Aaron wasn't going anywhere.

Wayne finally sighed, sizing up his options. With Cole gone and Jace refusing to back him, Wayne knew he didn't have much leverage. Last thing he needed was to tick off someone like Aaron Ace.

"What do you want from me? An apology?" Wayne muttered, taking a small step back.

Aaron just glanced at Lena. "Not my call. You should be asking her."

a lemon. He hated being humiliated, and Aaron wasn't even

The an

bubbling inside Wayne was about

this isn't about apologizing," Wayne snapped. "You just want to

business."

shrugged, unfazed.

barked, trying to regain

out of his pocket and motioned to Lena. "Let's

to leave me behind. She grabbed my hand. "Rea's coming

deepened. His

but I'm taking Jace and Isabel with me." No way I'd leave them here for Wayne to blow up

"You're not just here for a rescue mission, are you? If you're so eager to jump into this mess, I'll make sure you can't climb out." With a smuge clap, Wayne summoned a flood of guys into the room-easily a dozen, maybe more. The air got heavy, and my stomach dropped.

smirk screaming "checkmate." "I'll make sure you're comfortable here until after my father's funeral tomorrow." Translation? He wasn't just holding

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was obvious Wayne was gearing up for