Hudson looked at it and nodded, but he didn’t know who the sender was. He signed the packet and stared at it as he placed it on the table. He opened it and realized that it was a USB flash drive!
He was taken aback. He frowned and plugged it into his laptop. A video showed a large and luxurious bedroom. Someone was screaming for help and at the same time he could hear a man panting noises, “Hudson, please, I’m not Esther…”
It was Winnie, it was Winnie! The shot was elegant, but it wasn’t really clear. Even so, he could tell who the woman was!
She grasped onto the man tightly and was saying his name over and over indistinctly.
(Indescribable)…
“No…” Hudson slammed the laptop shut, how could it be? How could it be Winnie?
He was stunned and shocked. It was Winnie who was with him last night. He was greatly shocked that he couldn’t speak!
Hudson closed his eyes! He tried to suppress the shock and the confusion he was feeling. He tried to stay calm and played the video again. He watched it patiently and it was him who kept asking for more from Winnie. She was crying throughout the night and she was in pain. She looked happy but at the same time, her face was filled with despair and sorrow. He hurt her!
He thought that he could question her, ask her why she was there. But it looked like she didn’t want it yet he still forced himself on her!
No! Someone had to trick him! Why would he do that?
Even though he practically raped her multiple times last night, he still thought that someone plotted this. He wanted to know the truth and wanted to know the reason why Winnie was there.
He finished watching the video. His hands trembled as he took the USB flash drive out and put it in his safe. His phone then rang, it was Christ. “Hudson, what’s up with you and Winnie? Tim called and said that you did something. What happened?”
“Nothing! I will deal with it!” Hudson quickly rushed to the hotel and checked the surveillance camera. A waiter helped him to his room, nothing unusual. The pub was closing up around the time he was sent back to his room, and so a waiter bringing him back to his room was nothing unusual.
But half an hour later, Winnie rushed over and went into his room!
Hudson took his phone out and called Winnie.
The moment he was going to make the call, he noticed that he called Winnie last night. He was taken aback, the call last only a minute, it was brief.
Hudson quickly went to the Perry family. But the moment he got into the house, he was welcomed by Tim who looked extremely outraged. Hudson was shocked and he thought that maybe Tim had seen the video.
“Tim!” Hudson greeted him politely, “Where’s Winnie?”
“Hudson!” Tim yelled, “You never wanted to give my granddaughter anything when she was with you. Why are you guys together again after you divorce her? Tell me, what is going on?”
***
“I wanted to ask her that!” said Hudson in a deep voice.
“She came back early in the morning and said that she wanted to go to France. She’s probably at the airport right now!” said Tim coldly. “I don’t know where this video comes from, but I will investigate it! What the heck, nobody is allowed to bully my granddaughter!”
“I will check on it too!” Hudson lowered his head, “I’ll be taking my leave!”
He headed to the airport after her, what was going on?
He made a call and talked to a friend who worked at the airport. He found out that Winnie’s flight to France was about to leave in half an hour.
Hudson drove his car at high speed and arrived at the airport.
He saw a weak figure at the boarding zone and was taken aback. She was holding a white bag and her head all droopy. She looked sad and looked like she was about to run away from something.
Hudson didn’t say anything, he walked over to her and the air around him was cold, so cold it sent shivers down one’s spine. He grabbed Winnie’s wrist harshly.
“Ah…” Winnie looked up in a daze and met Hudson’s cold and vicious eyes, “Hudson, why are you here?”
“Don’t you dare run away.” He yanked her to a corner and asked angrily, “You want to leave the moment you became my woman? What are you planning by taking the video?”
Winnie was shocked, her eyes widened, “You, you knew?”
She thought he was talking about last night and didn’t know about the video.
“So you were the culprit behind the video?” said Hudson after pausing briefly. He glared at her even more harshly.
“Video? What video?” Winnie didn’t understand.
Hudson smirked, he glanced sharply at her shocked face. Suddenly, Winnie’s phone rang, she glanced at Hudson and took the call, “Grandpa… what?”
“What? No! How could this be?” Winnie couldn’t believe her ears. She looked up and looked at Hudson, her phone fell from her hand. Her grandfather just told her that there was a video about her with Hudson from yesterday!
“What do you have to say about it?” questioned Hudson coldly. “What’s the point of doing this? Do you want me to take responsibility?”
Winnie looked at him, she couldn’t believe it. He inched his cold and handsome face closer to her, he was getting closer and closer. She took a step backwards and her back was already against a column in the hall.
He bent forward and stared at her intensely, “Why are you running away after taking the video? Are you feeling guilty?”
“You…” Winnie was so mad she couldn’t even speak, she just wanted to leave.
But Hudson blocked her way with his arm.
Winnie thought about last night, the steamy scene was replaying in her head. Her face blushed, and then it blanched. He accused her of taking a video, but she didn’t. She wasn’t that much of a pervert.
She took deep breathes and looked at him calmly. She didn’t want to appear meek and run away, she said softly, “Hudson! I didn’t.”
Hudson was taken aback; he was shocked by the determination and strength in her eyes. But his rationality was out of the window due to the embarrassment and anger he felt after watching the video, “Who else could it be?”
Winnie laughed self-depreciatingly, “Hudson, I see that in your heart I’m such a despicable person! But I just want to say, the truth is the truth! I don’t need your self-righteousness and responsibility! I’m sorry, but I have a flight to catch!”
She was shocked by this news and didn’t know what to do. She just wanted to run away, she wanted to hide, she wanted to leave. She lowered her head and left in a rush.
But Hudson grabbed her hand again, “Who used my phone to call you last night?”
Suddenly, he realized that there was no need for Winnie to send the video to Tim. Maybe she wasn’t the culprit after all.
Winnie was stunned, she looked at his hand which was grabbing her wrist. At that moment, she lowered her head. She pursed her lips and mumbled something. Hudson continued to stare at her intensely, and it made her super uncomfortable.
“Who called you with my phone?” he asked again.
“Will you believe anything I say?” She smiled bitterly. She looked at him, her eyes were bright but at the same time, it was filled with sadness and anguish. But her eyes were still bright, without an ounce of guilt.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...