Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 830

Chapter 830

Seeing Yara so nervous and full of guilt, I couldn't help but feel bad.

She was a proper, wealthy socialite, yet here she was, taking care of my meals and drinks- and I'd gone and played her like this.

But I had no choice. I had to feign heartbreak and sadness to leave Yara flustered. Only then would she turn to Jace for advice. And if Jace knew I was upset, he'd definitely come here. Just as I'd expected, as soon as I went upstairs, I heard Yara on the phone with Jace.

"Jace, I messed up the task you gave me. Keira's upset-well, not exactly upset, but she started crying..."

She recounted the situation, but I couldn't hear Jace's response. All I caught was Yara saying, "Alright, alright. Hurry up and get here."

Hearing that, I let out a quiet sigh of relief and headed back to on the bed and sent Yara a text:

w room. Once inside, I lay

[Sorry, I lost control of my emotions earlier. I wasn't mad at you; I just started thinking about my parents.]

She replied almost instantly: (It's my fault for bringing up something that hurt you.]

Not long after, Yara came upstairs to check on me. When our eyes met, we exchanged small

smiles.

sigh. "Thank goodness you finally smiled. You had me so anxious I had to

"backup" was, but

call Jace and tell him not to come. I've

you up.

I'd known this would happen, I would've waited longer to apologize. It was my own soft-heartedness

him come," I said quickly, stopping her "It's so boring

me, and her expression turned amused. "You planned this,

was no exception. After all, she was someone Hayden trusted enough to work

I didn't deny it.

me. "Alright, spill it. What are you plotting by using your

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Jace into coming here?"

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her clear eyes and hesitated, unsure if I

he could've told me to hand the ring to her directly. But he hadn't. He'd left it to me to decide,

I avoided Yara's eyes and said, "I'm just worried about Lena. I wanted

him. Wouldn't that be easier?" Yara asked, clearly

having him see my tears in person

stand your tears, let alone a

mentioned earlier that Jace had

feelings in front of me. He didn't say