From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 253

Amara lunged for the phone, her heel coming down hard on the shattered screen.

Glass crunching under her shoe, she made sure the device was completely destroyed.

Done, she turned to bolt for the exit.

Jade's arm was still screaming in pain, but she wasn't letting her go. She grabbed a nearby janitor's bucket and hurled it at Amara's back.

The bucket was half-full of stagnant water. It soaked Amara instantly, the stench of dirty water filling the small room as she let out a piercing shriek.

"Aah!"

"You b*tch! I'll kill you!"

Amara grabbed a metal dustpan, swinging it like a weapon. Jade reacted by swinging a broom, the handle hitting Amara's wrist with a sharp crack.

"Aah!"

Amara clutched her wrist as the pain hit.

Jade seized the opening, pressing the edge of her knife back against Amara's throat.

"Tell me! Where are you keeping Jewell?"

Amara glared at Jade, her eyes full of pure, unadulterated venom.

"I'm not telling you anything. Go ahead—kill me if you've got the guts!"

"You think I won't?"

Jade's eyes were rimmed with a terrifying, bloodshot red. She pressed the blade deeper into the skin of Amara's neck.

"You and Hudson have destroyed everything I ever cared about. I have nothing left. You think a murder charge scares me?"

She looked calm, but her entire body was vibrating with a cold sweat.

Was she afraid? Of course she was.

For twenty years, she'd been the perfect, obedient girl.

But everything she'd done lately was something she never would have dreamed of.

But what choice did she have?

The world had pushed her to the edge, and she'd had to push back.

No one else was going to be brave for her.

The blade was sharp; a bead of warm blood began to trickle down Amara's neck.

Amara finally broke. She realized Jade was truly desperate enough to end her right there.

"I'll take you! I'll take you! Just get the knife away from me!"

She was a survivor first; she hadn't worked this hard to die in a mall restroom.

If she died here, all her planning would be for nothing.

Jade eased the pressure slightly, moving the knife from Amara's throat to her lower back.

"We're going out the back. We're calling a cab."

A cornered animal is a dangerous thing; Amara saw the resolve in Jade's eyes and knew she didn't have a choice.

"Fine, fine... just... stop."

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