From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 95

Chapter 95 The Ring and the Rejection

Chapter 95 The Ring and the Rejection

She was pressed against the door, avoiding him as if he were a plague-carrier.

Hudson’s eyes darkened with a familiar, brooding intensity.

“Jade, aren’t you exhausted by this constant drama?”

Jade heard his words and felt a momentary sting of disbelief, but she didn’t move.

Drama?

Even after everything, he still viewed her pain as a “performance.”

It was the final proof of how utterly insignificant her feelings were to him.

Jade had no interest in arguing; she was too drained to even defend herself.

John had promised to help her.

She would wait for his recovery and then let the patriarch handle Hudson.

Hudson ignored her, but he would never ignore his grandfather.

Just as the thought crossed her mind, Hudson reached out and snatched her hand.

A familiar, cold sensation slid onto her ring finger. She stiffened and whipped her head around.

Her wedding ring.

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Hudson had fished it out of the tub and kept it-and now he was forcing it back onto her hand.

It took Jade a single second to react, her fingers curling into a claw as she tried to tear the ring

off.

To her, that ring wasn’t jewelry; it was a shackle. It represented a life of misery and a marriage that was designed to destroy her.

No!

She would never wear that mark of ownership again!

Hudson saw the visceral revulsion in her eyes and felt a sharp, unexpected pain in his chest.

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He caught both her wrists in a crushing grip.

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“Jade, stop this. I have never intended to divorce you. Amara and her daughter are out of the house. You’re moving back in tonight.”

“No!”

Jade shook her head violently, struggling against his superior strength. Her pale skin began to turn an angry red under his grip.

“That’s never going to happen! I am never going back!”

She knew exactly who Hudson Walter was-a dominant, unyielding tyrant.

He was only “coaxing” her now because she held the evidence of his infidelity over his head.

Or perhaps he was terrified of what John would do to Amara if the truth came out.

If she allowed herself to be dragged back, she would be falling into a pit she could never climb out of.

Hudson had already stolen her voice; he would steal her child next.

Under no circumstances could she return to that house.

“Jade.”

Hudson pulled her closer, his fingers locking over her knuckles so she couldn’t move the ring.

Jade fought him with a desperate, wild energy, terrified that if she stopped for even a second, she would lose her freedom forever.

She wasn’t just fighting Hudson; she was fighting for the life she was trying to build for her baby.

She struggled so hard that Hudson’s grip began to slip. Seizing the moment, Jade leaned down and bit the back of his hand with a primal intensity.

Hudson let out a grunt of pain and his hold loosened. Jade ripped the ring off her finger, hit the window switch, and hurled it into the night.

It happened so fast Hudson didn’t have time to process it. When he finally realized what she’d done, he lunged toward the window, but his hand closed on nothing but air.

He stared at his empty palm, then looked at Jade with a look of pure, agonizing disbelief.

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“Jade… you just threw our wedding ring into the street?”

“Yes!”

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Jade was shaking so hard she could barely speak, her back pressed against the door as she looked for an escape.

“I should have done it years ago! Do you finally believe me now, Hudson? I am divorcing you! When will you sign those damn papers? I’m begging you… just let me go!”

Hudson stared at her, his dark eyes searching hers for a sign of the girl who used to worship him.

A wave of profound, terrifying helplessness washed over him.

He truly didn’t know how to reach her anymore.

Jade met his gaze head-on, her chin tilted up in a gesture of pure, unyielding defiance.

A heavy, suffocating silence settled over the car.

Even Kevin, sitting in the driver’s seat, held his breath, terrified to make a sound.

Screech-

The sound of the brakes shattered the quiet.

The moment the car stopped, Jade didn’t look at Hudson. She threw the door open and bolted into the night.

She ran as if the devil himself were at her heels.

Hudson watched her retreating silhouette through the rear window and closed his eyes.

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