Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 443

By the time Jude received Willow's call, it was already 1:00 AM.

He was still sitting in his car, the endless rows of fluorescent lights in the underground garage casting a harsh, sterile glow over his windshield. The phone screen lit up, displaying Willow's name in dead silence.

He watched it ring for a long time before finally swiping to answer.

The line was completely silent.

Several seconds passed before Willow murmured his name, "Jude."

She had been crying.

Her voice was incredibly hoarse.

Jude closed his eyes. "If you have something to say, say it tomorrow."

"I'm downstairs at your apartment."

His eyes snapped open.

The rain was still pouring outside.

When Jude arrived at his apartment building, Willow was standing just outside the lobby doors, wearing nothing but a thin jacket, her hair plastered to her face by the rain. She had no umbrella, and her face was so pale it was almost translucent.

In the past, the moment he saw her like this, he would have instantly stripped off his own jacket to wrap her up.

Today, he stopped a few feet away.

"What are you doing here?"

Willow looked at him, the tears instantly spilling over.

"Are you really going to submit those logs?"

Jude didn't answer.

Taking a shaky step toward him, her voice trembled. "Lawrence has already stripped my access. Legal is officially questioning me tomorrow. Everyone on the project team knows; they look at me like I'm a common thief. Jude, you know exactly how much blood and sweat it took for me to get here."

She had used that line so many times.

But this time, Jude's heart remained solid iron.

"You hijacked my credentials."

"I didn't mean to hurt you," she frantically explained. "I just wanted to uncover the truth about the archived projects. My parents hid everything from me, and Langford Medical shut me out. Do you have any idea how far Wren has gotten? She has The Vance Family Album, she has The Boardroom Authorization Log—the Langford Estate and the Whitaker Estate are both going to burn. I was terrified."

Jude stared at her rain-soaked eyelashes.

"And the grievance attachments?"

Willow's voice caught in her throat.