Chapter 1018 Someone in the Shadows (12)

• “I really thought you were just mad at me. I figured I’d wait it out till you cooled off, then come find you… But then those headlines hit. I couldn’t believe it was real… I called your phone—still off. Mr. Wembley and Mrs. Langston wouldn’t pick up either. That’s when I panicked. I rushed back from out of town and went to your place, and only then did I learn it was all true… Madison, I shouldn’t have pushed back at you like that. If I hadn’t, no way I’d ever let you end up like this…”
• Zheng Mingjie was crying, then whipped his head around and stared daggers at Chadwick Fullner. “If it weren’t for you, how could Madison be like this? How could she even think of ending it? You said those brutal words to her! You smashed her heart to pieces! Chadwick Fullner, are you even human? Look at her now—does this not tear you up inside?”
• Chadwick Fullner answered, voice flat and cold: “I’m at fault, I’m guilty—Madison gets to be the one to judge me. I’ll spend my life paying for it. You don’t get to lecture me.”