Chapter 1094 The Real Paternoster Square Executive (II)

• “Please. Even at a clearance sale nobody would take you.” Kate Penrose shot back, refusing to drink as she covered her cup. “Say something nice. Hurry up. If you don’t sweeten it, sis is not giving you face today.”
• “Fine, congrats on finally landing true love. Wishing you lots of babies, a house full of kids, growing old together, blessings as vast as the East Wales and a life as long as the Southern Hills.” Chadwick Fullner rambled on, his smile so stiff it hurt. Madison Sawyer’s mother couldn’t help laughing. “Seriously, who talks like that?” And Malcom Sawyer chuckled, all easygoing. “You don’t get it. Young folks clown like this. It’s called messing around.”
• To everyone else, the mood felt warm and cozy. Only the man in the middle, Chadwick Fullner, knew the heat and pressure boiling inside. Nothing had improved between him and Madison Sawyer, yet he still had to play it up in front of people—pretend they were tight. And then Kate Penrose suddenly announced her own happy news. Was this that cliché male streak—bossy, selfish, possessive—if he’d touched it, nobody else could? Chad knew it wasn’t that. He just felt he’d lost something important, and didn’t plan to stop that loss. Kate deserved happiness.