From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 314

Chapter 314 The Broken Shield

Chapter 314 The Broken Shield

“Those were my failures, I know, but-”

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Jade’s gaze was lethal. “But what? You want to say you didn’t mean it? That you’ll pay me back? Hudson, you’ve always been the most ruthless one here!”

Hudson was speechless; the peace he had tried to build was being torn apart, exposing the rot underneath.

She had changed…

She no longer cared about his feelings; she was throwing every jagged truth she had at him.

“Look at Julian and Bastian. Are they any different?”

Jade’s eyes were like ice as her voice turned bone-chilling.

“I don’t know Bastian’s full plan yet, but look at Julian. Yes, he used me. But without him, I’d still be trapped in that house with you. It was a deal-my help for my freedom. It was a partnership from the start. No one was cheated because there were no lies.”

She leaned back against the headboard, her mind clearer than it had ever been in three years.

“When I was cornered at my apartment, Julian saved me. Bastian saved me in Habor City and again today. If I have to be ‘used’ to stay alive and free of you, then it’s a trade I’ll take every day. Their resources work for me, and mine work for them. It’s a clean game.”

She paused, her gaze darkening with a jagged resentment as her fingers tightened on the covers, her chest heaving with the weight of the past.

“And who exactly is responsible for everything I’ve been through? You know the answer better than anyone!”

She took a sharp, shaky breath, forcing the storm inside to settle as she interrogated him.

“Hudson, tell me why are you here saying these things? Are you trying to play the savior, or do you just hate seeing me succeed with people who actually care about me?”

Hudson argued instinctively, “I never meant it that way. I’m only worried you’re going to get hurt.”

Jade let out a short, mocking laugh, the sound dripping with a cold irony.

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Chapter 314 The Broken Shield

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“You? The man who broke me the most? You’re telling me you’re worried I’ll get hurt? Is that a joke?”

“I-”

Hudson went to speak, but Jade cut him off with a look of pure ice.

“First it was Julian, and now it’s Bastian. Every time a decent man enters my life, you claim they’re predators with a hidden agenda.

“Let me be clear: even if they are using me, at least they don’t destroy me in the name of love. I have value to them, and they have the resources I need. It’s a trade I’m happy to make.”

Hudson opened his mouth, but he had no rebuttal.

He realized, with a jolt of recognition, that her strategy was actually brilliant.

Using the strength of others when she had none of her own was the only logical move left.

But the fact that she was using them to crush him made his skin crawl with a visceral discomfort.

He felt the situation, and the woman herself, slipping further beyond his control than he ever imagined.

If this were the old Jade-the obedient girl he had shaped-she never would have dreamed of such a cold calculation.

But her words were proof of a profound, permanent transformation.

She was no longer the fragile vine that needed his support to survive the elements.

She had become a blade of bamboo-supple in the gale, but impossible to snap or break.

A wave of pure, sickening panic washed over Hudson’s entire body.

Something precious was trickling through his fingers like sand in an hourglass.

No matter how hard he clenched his fists, he couldn’t hold onto it anymore.

Hudson lunged forward, his hands reaching for her as if he could physically pull her back into his world.

He needed to feel the heat of her skin, to ground himself against the spiraling fear in his gut.

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