Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 406

Hudson furrowed his brow, just about to ridicule the screenwriter for lacking basic logic, when he turned his head and realized the little woman in his arms was already brimming with tears.

Thoroughly amused, he grabbed a tissue and handed it to her. "You really are a crybaby, aren't you? It's just a heavily fictionalized soap opera. Is it really worth all these tears?"

Nora was fully immersed in the heroine's devastation. She couldn't help but nod. "It's just so moving..."

Hudson shook his head, chuckling. "Don't you think this kind of self-martyrdom is completely idiotic? Anyone with half a brain wouldn't fall for that kind of blackmail."

"But she did it to save him."

In Nora's eyes, if she were the female lead, she would have agreed without hesitation. After all, where there is life, there is hope. If he died, they'd have nothing.

Hudson reached out and lightly tapped her nose. "Silly girl, hasn't she ever heard of a stalling tactic? Just string the guy along, save the hero, and then back out of the deal. Why on earth would you keep a promise to a villain who takes advantage of you?"

Nora: "..."

Was it really that ruthless?

"Wait... you can do that?"

"What else are you supposed to do? Actually sacrifice yourself for love?"

Nora pressed her lips together in silence, but inexplicably felt that Hudson made perfect sense.

Seeing her deep in thought, a faint smile graced his lips. "So, if it were you, what would you do?"

Nora thought about it for a second. "I probably... would have done exactly what she did..."

She had genuinely put herself in the character's shoes; that was why she had cried.

"What about you?"

"Me?" Hudson let out a soft laugh. "If the day ever came where someone tried to use my life to force your hand, I'd end myself before they even got the chance to threaten you. I'd never put you in that position."

"Hudson!" Nora was secretly horrified, her eyes instantly turning red again.

Hudson hadn't expected his hypothetical scenario to strike such a raw nerve. His tone softened immediately. "I said 'if'. Don't worry, we aren't characters in a soap opera. That day will never come..."

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