From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 274

Chapter 274 The Mask Falls

Chapter 274 The Mask Falls

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Once his eyes adjusted, he scanned the room.

In his mind, there should have been a woman here. She should have been greeting him, making him tea, or fussing over his health.

He missed the gentle, nagging voice that used to follow him from room to room.

The food, the warmth, the soft conversation he realized now those were the things that made a house a home.

He’d taken it all for granted until it was gone. Now, the emptiness was a physical ache.

It was unbearable.

Hudson leaned back on the sofa, staring at the ceiling. He pulled out his phone, his thumb hovering over a contact he knew by heart.

But he didn’t call.

He remembered the look on her face when he’d agreed to the divorce. She’d been so happy.

If he called now, he’d just be bringing the darkness back into her life.

He stared at the screen for an eternity, then clicked it off and went to his study.

He lit a cigarette and opened his laptop.

He clicked on a live feed. On his screen, Amara and Cortney were moving around their new villa.

Meanwhile, in the other house.

Amara felt a sudden chill, as if she were being watched. She shivered and rubbed her arms.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

She checked her phone and answered.

Whatever the caller said made her face twist in annoyance.

“I’ll be there,” she snapped.

She headed downstairs, walking past Cortney, who was playing with her dolls on the rug. She didn’t even look at the girl.

Cortney saw her and jumped up, grabbing her mother’s leg.

“Mommy? Where are you going?”

Amara stopped and looked down. The mask she wore for Hudson was gone.

She shoved the girl away. Seeing Lyndon’s features in the child’s face only made her angrier.

“Stay out of my way! You’re just a weight around my neck!”

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Cortney hit the floor, her eyes wide with shock. She scrambled back up, sobbing and trying to reach for Amara again.

“Mommy, please! Don’t leave me! I’ll be good! I promise!”

Amara shoved her back a second time, her eyes full of a chilling, detached malice.

“Sit there and shut up. If you make a scene and ruin this for me, you’ll regret it!”

She walked out and slammed the door, leaving the little girl alone in the massive, echoing house.

On his screen, Hudson watched the entire scene unfold.

His brow furrowed into a deep, jagged line. He stood up and walked out.

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A dive motel in a backwater town.

Amara had taken three different cabs to lose any potential tails before arriving.

She pushed the door open. Lyndon was sitting on a stained armchair, a cloud of cigarette smoke surrounding him. He looked like a shell of a man.

His handsome features were blurred by a week of drinking and desperation.

Looking at him, Amara couldn’t help but compare him to Hudson Walter.

Hudson was elite-powerful, wealthy, and controlled.

Lyndon was a spoiled brat who had turned into a gutter rat.

There was no competition.

She shouldn’t have ever let him touch her. She shouldn’t have married Ronald Faith.

She should have put all her effort into trapping Hudson when he still wanted her.

But she hadn’t seen this coming. She’d made one mistake after another.

At least she was back in Hudson’s good graces. There was still time.

Lyndon looked through the smoke and let out a jagged laugh.

“What? Realizing I’m a loser compared to your golden boy?”

Amara didn’t answer. She sat opposite him, her expression full of contempt.

Everyone could see the difference. Why even talk about it?

She looked around the filthy room and felt sick. She didn’t want to be here. She felt like the grime was rubbing off on her.

“You have the money. Why aren’t you gone?” she demanded.

Lyndon took a slow drag. “I changed my mind.”

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Amara froze. She stood up, her eyes wide with panic.

“What? You said you’d leave the second the cash hit! Why the hell are you still here?”

Lyndon laughed again. “I realized… I can’t leave my favorite girl and my daughter behind.”

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