Chapter 1002 Rather Shatter Like Jade (XIII)

• “Dad, this time I won’t listen to anyone. Even if you’re against it, even if you don’t approve, I can’t walk away from Miss Sawyer again.” Chadwick Fullner felt gutted, but he held firm. He knew what his father warned might really happen—he could end up spending the rest of his life beside someone who never wakes, trapped in a future no one can predict. Even so, he wasn’t going to back down. “Even if she really ends up like that… I can’t let myself regret it all over again.”
• He still remembered the raw, tearing pain when he had to divorce Samantha Wembley against his will—like life and death ripping him apart. Pain like that should only hit once in a lifetime. But Miss Sawyer’s suicide had shredded his heart a second time. He refused to relive that agony even one more time.
• “Dad, your son has failed you. From now on, I’ll do what you say in everything else, but not this.” Chadwick Fullner closed his eyes, voice tight with hurt.