Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 940

Whenever Lena wasn't too busy, she'd come to Keira's café to learn how to make coffee and desserts.

"Look at this! Doesn't it look even better than yours?" Lena bragged, showing off her latest creation with a grin.

As a teacher, Keira believed in encouragement over criticism. "The student surpasses the master. You've done great.

"I think so too," she said, smirking. "If-l-ever-lose my job, at least I'll have a skill to fall back

on."

Keira chuckled. "What's that supposed to mean? Are you planning to steal my livelihood?" "A thriving industry isn't built on one success-it flourishes when it's full of competition," she declared with her own brand of logic. She wasn't wrong; no industry thrived with just one dominant player.

"Teaching the apprentice only to starve the master," Keira joked with a sigh.

"No worries. If you go bankrupt, I'll hire you for a ridiculously high salary to work for me," she replied with mock seriousness.

thumbs-up. "Between the two of us, you're definitely the better

a living. If I weren't ruthless, I'd never

like that, and

still stopped by the café every day to help out. He even took care of

want to get married

surging and demanding a release?" "Both," she

go and pick someone up," Keira suggested

a lounge chair, staring at the

Professor Neumann. If you reach

still be waiting for you," Kelra teased, referring to Nate, who had vanished

horse doesn't graze on old grass. Besides, I've already chewed on that grass-it's boring now," she replied with a grin that hinted at her playful, cavalier

Keira's drift, rolling her eyes at her. "What did Aaron feed you to make you

just think he's too good to let go. If another woman snatches him up,

Lena said, her tone half-joking, half-serious. "I'm already on edge thinking he might one day cut ties with the Ace family. My parents

silence lately means he's having second