Chapter 1186 Who Belongs to Whom (Part Ten)

• Two messages. Simple as can be. Just a few words each. But Madison Sawyer read them over and over, again and again, until she finally shut her eyes in pain and clenched her phone.
• Chadwick Fullner kept explaining that this had nothing to do with Samantha Wembley. She didn’t exactly distrust him. But her gut kept saying, It’s not that simple. She knew what she’d been facing back then—aside from Kate Penrose and Chadwick Fullner, she was on her own. Even with Donnie Burns stepping up to help, Madison had to stop and think hard about the motive behind it. If the Zhengs—family friends for decades—could turn on them overnight, how could she not have scars? Donnie Burns was a businessman, and Madison had never dealt with him. Plus, the terms he offered were basically charity. Forget asking for the moon—an actual bank loan would have asked for way more than the return he wanted. No way she’d have zero guard up.
• And once Samantha Wembley got pulled into the picture, everything snapped into focus: Donnie Burns stepped in at Samantha’s request to help Chad—that was the neatest explanation. Madison knew perfectly well how deeply Samantha felt about Chad, and how poised, generous, and forgiving she was. For Chad, she’d do anything.