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.

of us, you're definitely the better boss-

for a living. If I weren't

like that, and

every day to help out. He even took care of most of the cleaning in the evenings, essentially becoming her

a husband is pretty great. I think I want to get married too," Lena mused for

her. "What's wrong? Feeling lonely, or is your estrogen surging and demanding a release?"

then, just go and pick someone up,"

leaned back in a lounge chair, staring at the sky. "Those kinds of places don't feel...

tell me you're still thinking about Professor Neumann. If you reach out to him now, he Chapter

for you," Kelra teased,

good 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 attitude, Keira smirked. "Then find someone

"What did Aaron feed you

too good to let go. If another woman snatches him

tone half-joking, half-serious. "I'm already on edge thinking he might one day cut ties with the Ace family. My parents wouldn't be able to

his silence lately means he's