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.

"Between the two of us, you're definitely the better boss-

a scalpel for a living.

that, and with her company, Keira was

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

husband is pretty great. I think I want

Feeling lonely, or is your estrogen surging and demanding a release?" "Both," she

then, just go and pick

staring at

me you're still thinking about Professor Neumann. If you reach

you," Kelra teased, referring to Nate, who had vanished after

replied with a grin that hinted at her playful, cavalier attitude, Keira smirked.

her eyes at her. "What did Aaron feed

woman snatches him up, it'd

might one day cut ties with the Ace family. My parents wouldn't be able to

at Keira thoughtfully. "Do you think his silence lately means he's having second