From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 260

Jade closed her eyes, then snapped them open and shoved him away with everything she had. Her eyes were full of a mix of agony and disbelief.

"Hudson, look at us. Look at what we've become. Do you really not see how pathetic this is? When is it enough?"

She looked at him, a hollow, self-deprecating laugh escaping her lips.

"Don't tell me... after everything we've done to each other, you've suddenly decided you're in love with me? Is that why you're doing this? This pathetic, desperate stalking?"

"I don't know..."

Hudson's gaze was clouded with confusion. His voice was a mere whisper.

"I don't know what love is. Nobody ever taught me."

He looked at Jade's red-rimmed eyes and felt a sudden, sharp sting in his chest, as if a needle had been driven into his heart. He took a shaky breath and grabbed her shoulders.

"But I can learn."

Jade stared at him, wondering if she'd finally lost her mind.

Hudson pulled her close again, resting his forehead against her shoulder.

"Just give me... give me a little time."

The car went silent, the only sound the shallow rhythm of their breathing.

Two seconds later, Hudson pulled back, cupping her face and leaning in until their breaths mingled.

"Jade—"

Slap—

Jade shoved him away and delivered a stinging blow to his cheek.

"Where were you three years ago?!"

She was shaking with emotion, her chest heaving.

"How can you even say that to me after everything you've done? You want time? Can you bring back my child? Can you bring back my mother's ashes? Does 'not knowing what love is' erase the hell you put me through? It's always been about what you want. In your world, I'm just an accessory that's supposed to stay in its place..."

She took a deep, jagged breath.

"That's not 'not knowing how to love.' That's a lack of respect. That's pure, unadulterated selfishness!"

Hudson's lips trembled. His eyes were shot through with red.

"It's not..."

Jade stared at him, three years of misery finally boiling over.

Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, and she wiped them away with a shaky hand.

"Nobody is born knowing how to love. But I don't go around destroying people I don't love. But you? You've broken me in every way possible, and you think you can just say you're 'learning'? What about my pain, Hudson? Does that just go away because you want to play house? You want to pretend everything is fine—well, I'm not playing."

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