Chapter 194: Olive's POVThe silence stretched on for what felt like an eternity, JT still kneeling with the ring box open, Brenda staring down at him with tears streaming down her face and an expression that made my chest tighten with dread."Brenda?" JT's voice was getting smaller, more uncertain. "Please—say something. Say yes. Say you'll marry me.""JT, stop," Brenda's voice cracked, breaking through the moment like glass shattering. "Please, just—just stop."JT's face went through a series of expressions—confusion, disbelief, dawning horror—as he processed what she was saying."What?" he whispered. "Brenda, I don't—""I can't," Brenda said, and those two words seemed to physically hurt her to say. "I'm so sorry, Jonathan. God, I'm so fucking sorry. But I can't marry you."The room was so silent, so quiet for a second that I could almost hear the sound of my heartbeat.I watched as JT stood up slowly, his legs looking way too shaky for someone whose physique usually screamed stren
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