She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 446

Now, he was in love with Jillian Ward. A woman who had absolutely nothing, yet fought for her place in the world with the resilience of a weed.

His friends kept trying to talk sense into him.

"Jude, snap out of it. You've loved Cleo for years. You don't just magically fall in love with someone else overnight."

"It's just an infatuation. You're temporarily blinded, but deep down, the one you truly love is Cleo."

Was it just an infatuation?

He didn't know, and frankly, he didn't care. Right now, Jillian mattered more to him than Cleo ever could.

...

On the drive to the Brooks estate, Jude brought up their cold war, repeating the same question from the phone call.

"Do you want to make up?"

Make up?

Of course she wanted to. But—

Cleo turned her head to look at him. "Sure. As long as you fire Jillian, I promise I'll never pick a fight with you again."

Jillian Ward. Jude's secretary.

When Cleo first noticed that Jude was treating Jillian differently than the rest of his staff, she demanded he let her go.

Jude flat-out refused, claiming Jillian was a top-tier employee and there was no legitimate reason to terminate her.

At the time, Cleo was terrified of losing him. She convinced herself he was just lashing out because she had been away for a while, that he was just trying to get a rise out of her.

She fundamentally refused to believe that Jude Foster would ever actually abandon her.

Until two months ago. She was waiting outside his apartment building and saw them. Fingers intertwined, sharing a deeply passionate, lingering morning kiss. The sight had physically sickened her.

Jude's subsequent "honesty" had felt less like an apology and more like a cruel act of charity. It was a hand reaching up from hell to shred her organs.

He had looked her in the eye and said, "Cleo, I'm not going to lie to you. I've fallen in love with Jillian. But obviously, my family will never accept her. So don't worry, I'm still going to marry you. The wedding is happening as planned."

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