Chapter 1264 The Turmoil of a Proposal (VI)

• The moment Kate Penrose said those words, Chadwick Fullner felt like his heart was slammed by a sledgehammer, so hard he could barely breathe.
• Knowing how Kate felt about him was one thing. Hearing her say it herself, with that final, no‑way‑back tone, was something else entirely. Her grief hit so strongly that Chad couldn’t stay numb to it.
• Kate scrubbed at her tears while forcing a smile. “But hey, maybe not. Plenty of people like you. You wouldn’t care about just me.” She tried to laugh, then suddenly couldn’t even get a sound out. In the end she simply crouched down, buried her head, and broke into loud, raw sobs.