From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 313

Chapter 313 The Mask of Pity

Chapter 313 The Mask of Pity

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Bastian gently took her hand. “Don’t get too worked up. It’s not that simple.”

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“What do you mean?” Jade asked, her mind full of confusion, forgetting to pull her hand away.

“Your mother apparently left an inheritance for you. Michael and Cindy know, but they have no idea where it’s hidden. They were looking for the grave to see if there were clues buried with her.”

Bastian’s grip on her hand tightened even further.

“And regarding the accident that took her life… Michael received a massive insurance payout. I suspect her death wasn’t just ‘bad luck!”

Jade immediately processed the implication; her eyes went wide and her lips began to tremble uncontrollably.

“You… you’re saying her death… wasn’t an accident? That it was… intentional?”

As for the killer?

Between the insurance and the corporate growth, the winner was obvious.

“How… how could they be so cruel?”

Tears spilled from her eyes. Jade thought of all the times she had called him “Dad” and relied on him as her only kin.

Now she was relieved he had turned his back on her during the divorce; otherwise, she would have hated herself for staying near her mother’s killer.

Even so, a wave of nausea hit her; she leaned over the edge of the bed and retched.

Bastian immediately moved the bin toward her and rubbed her back to soothe her.

“It’s okay. We’ll handle this one step at a time. Just breathe.”

He was so large that his frame shielded her from the rest of the room.

From the doorway, it looked like a tender, intimate embrace.

Outside, Hudson watched the scene, clutching a bouquet of flowers.

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His knuckles turned white; he hurled the flowers to the floor and burst in, ripping Bastian

away.

Thud-

Bastian took a blow to the face that made his head snap to the side. Hudson grabbed his collar.

“Who the hell gave you permission to touch her? You’re just a tool she’s using to bait me! Don’t overstep!”

Bastian wrenched himself free and swung back, but Hudson caught the fist.

Two pairs of murderous eyes locked together in an instant.

The tension was explosive, threatening to destroy everything in the room.

Jade, still reeling from the news, felt a sharp, throbbing pain in her temples.

“Let go of each other!”

The noise had already drawn a nurse to the door.

Bastian noticed and released Hudson first.

Hudson let go as well, stepping back slightly.

Once they were apart, Hudson walked to Jade’s side.

He looked down at her with a heavy, intense gaze.

“I have something to say to you.”

Jade saw the gravity in his eyes; he rarely looked at people this way. It must be serious.

She took a deep breath and looked at Bastian.

“Bastian… could you give us a moment?”

Bastian saw the paleness of her face and didn’t want to cause more stress, so he reluctantly turned to leave.

At the door, he said, “I’ll be right outside. If he tries anything, just call for me.”

“Okay.”

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Jade answered, then turned her focus to Hudson.

“What do you want to say?”

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Hudson watched Bastian leave, then shut the door and sat beside her, his expression grim.

“Jade, tell me the truth. Who exactly is this Bastian Hamlet?”

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