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 boss-

I wield a scalpel for a living. If

their days laughing and chatting like that, and with her

stopped by the café every day to help out. He even took care of most of the cleaning in the

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

estrogen surging and demanding a

and pick someone

at the sky. "Those kinds of places don't

If you reach out

Kelra teased, referring to Nate, who had vanished

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

at her. "What

he's too good to let go. If another woman snatches him up, it'd be a

edge thinking he might one day cut ties with the Ace family. My parents wouldn't be

glanced at Keira thoughtfully. "Do you think his silence lately