Chapter 1005 Rather Shatter Like Jade (16)

• Kate Penrose’s silhouette finally slipped out of sight down the corridor, and that faint, lingering voice faded for good. Chadwick Fullner sat there for a long moment, stunned, before he sank into the chair, drained.
• He could feel it—the hellcat who could switch from teasing to fury without missing a beat, ice-cold one second and sweet as spring the next—was slowly walking out of his life. But when he thought of her breaking down in tears, his chest ached. And still, he honestly had nothing to offer—no real comfort he could give.
• If Madison Sawyer hadn’t been in the picture, maybe both Kate and he would’ve accepted this thing between them and let it roll on, just go with it. They’d spend the days bickering and being goofy, playing dumb to make each other laugh. But life doesn’t hand out that many ifs. Without Miss Sawyer—he was almost sure—he would have fallen for Kate. She had a lot going for her; she could be fierce, sure, but she was really, genuinely adorable.