From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270 The Confrontation

Bastian couldn’t delay any longer. He looked at Jade, his eyes lingering on her with a protective concern.

“Call me the second you need anything. Taking care of you is my job. Don’t ever hesitate.”

Jade bit her lip. Seeing Bastian check his watch again, she nodded.

“Okay. Go.”

Once Bastian drove away, Jade turned and headed inside. But something was weighing on her.

This was the second time Bastian had said it was his “job” to look after her.

It felt like he was carrying a debt, trying to make up for a lifetime of mistakes.

Where did that feeling come from? Why did he keep saying that?

Was it really about Joshua Boswell?

She knew she wouldn’t get an answer just by thinking about it.

She pushed the questions down and headed upstairs.

The second she pushed the door to her quarters open, she knew something was wrong.

The smell of blood. It was thick and metallic.

It didn’t belong in her room.

Jade went pale. She didn’t even set foot inside; she backed away and bolted for the stairs.

But a heavy set of footsteps thundered behind her, closing the distance in heartbeats.

A shadow fell over her. Jade scrambled for her phone to call the police.

A hand clamped around her wrist, yanking her back and pinning her against the hallway wall.

Clatter-

Her phone hit the floor and slid down the hall.

Trapped, Jade looked up into Hudson’s bloodshot, manic eyes.

The sight of him made her stomach turn. “Hudson? What are you doing here?”

Once she found her voice, she began to struggle.

“You signed the papers! We’re over! Get your hands off me!”

“Divorce? You had to mention it?”

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The word triggered something in him. He slammed his hands against the wall on either side of her head. his eyes burning with a terrifying rage.

“We haven’t been to court! We don’t have a certificate! You’re still mine!”

Jade felt the cold plaster against her spine. Her eyes rimmed with red.

“The second I was in trouble, the Walters couldn’t wait to cut me loose. You were terrified I’d ruin your precious name. And now that it’s over, you want to take it back? You’re a family of cowards and frauds!”

“My father tricked me into signing! I didn’t know!” Hudson yelled, his grip on her shoulders tightening.

“And you think you don’t owe me an explanation? You really conspired with Silas and Julian to take me down?”

Jade didn’t flinch. “I did.”

Hudson’s expression fractured. His voice was a desperate, jagged mess.

“Why?”

“How can you even ask that?”

Jade let out a short, hysterical laugh. She grabbed his arms, her nails digging into his skin.

Three years of bitterness and fear finally surged to the surface.

“Because you were driving me insane, Hudson! I was dying in that house!

“I worked with them because it was the only way to get you to let go! Does that answer your qu

Hudson’s pupils contracted. His body swayed as if his legs could no longer support his we helpf

“I know you hate me right now… but you loved me once, didn’t you? How could you do this to me?”

Jade’s hands balled into fists.

“Yes. I loved you. I loved you more than anything.”

For a split second, the shadows in Hudson’s eyes lifted. A spark of hope appeared.

He knew it. She still cared.

“But that woman is dead,” Jade whispered, her eyes filling with a cold, bloody light.

“No.” Hudson’s voice was a tremble as he reached out to cover her eyes, unable to look at the hatred there.

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