Chapter 1090 Light at the End of the Tunnel (Part Fifteen)

• Kate Penrose was basically saying the son-in-law’s status was finally acknowledged—and hinting that it was time for Chadwick Fullner to pick up the tab. Chad went with it. Everyone had been wired tight for days. It was worth celebrating, worth letting go a little.
• But when he glanced over, Madison Sawyer didn’t look thrilled. She looked a little stiff, a little off. His joy had been swelling like a balloon; the second he caught her expression, it felt like a pin jabbed straight in.
• That drop in his chest was hard to put into words.