Chapter 1227 Thanksgiving (15)

• In Kate Penrose’s eyes, Madison Sawyer had lost it—either snapped from too much stress or just gone dizzy enough to blurt that kind of thing. Even Kate herself couldn’t explain why, when it was clearly something between Madison and Chadwick Fullner, she, just a bystander, got so riled up every single time. She couldn’t put that feeling into words: to make Madison happy, she was swallowing the pain and letting go of the same man she loved—yet in the end, what she got was Madison saying it wasn’t the love she wanted.
• If it weren’t Madison—if it were any other woman—Kate would’ve blown up and demanded, “Do you know the love you’re tossing aside like it’s nothing is something someone else could fight for their entire life and still never get?” Of course, if it wasn’t Madison—if it were any other woman, Samantha Wembley or whoever—Kate would’ve gone all in and fought. No way would she back off. But now she couldn’t say anything. No matter how much it hurt, she had to hold it in, keep a calm face, and try to talk Madison into treasuring what she had.
• “Madison, feelings belong to the two of you. You two have had way too many twists and turns. I don’t want to meddle anymore. But, Madison, listen—sometimes you think walking away is easy, but the price is endless pain and regret. You think you can just turn around and come back, but you might miss it for a lifetime.”