From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 139

Chapter 139 The Family Secret

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The leader of the thugs was twitching with pain as he frantically nodded his agreement.

“Yes… sir… I’ll tell him… I’ll tell him every word.”

Hudson gave him one final, icy look before leading his men out of the building.

He had no intention of telling Jade what he had discovered.

He suspected that the Merchant family wouldn’t stop their assault.

When they finally pushed her to her breaking point, he would be there to save her, and she would finally realize his true value.

Meanwhile, at the Merchant residence.

Robert received the call from the leader and practically levitated off his bed in shock.

“My brother-in-law actually said that?!”

The leader confirmed the threat, sounding as if he were fleeing for his life, and disconnected before Robert could ask anything else.

“I’m done with you! Don’t you ever call me for a job again!”

Beep.

The line went dead, and as Robert sat there in a daze, his bedroom door was kicked open.

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A stinging blow landed across his face before he could even look up.

He met the iron-grey, furious stare of Michael Merchant,

“You absolute disappointment! You swore you were done gambling! And then you send thugs to Jade’s home?”

Michael was beyond reason, grabbing a heavy wooden stick from the corner and beginning

to strike Robert.

“I’ll beat the sickness out of you! I’ll break you before you break this family!”

Every strike was fueled by a decade of repressed frustration, and Robert scrambled across the floor, wailing in agony.

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“Dad! Stop! I’m sorry!”

“Please! I get it now! I’m sorry, Dad!”

“I’m your only son! Are you actually trying to kill me?”

The violence upstairs finally drew Cindy Walter into the room from the living room.

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She saw the scene and let out a horrified gasp, lunging forward to shield Robert from his father.

“Michael! Stop it! If you hurt him any worse, I’ll never forgive you!”

Panting with exertion, Michael shoved the phone with Jade’s photos into Cindy’s face.

“He’s gambling again! And he sent a mob to trash Jade’s apartment! This is becoming a catastrophe!”

Cindy looked at the photos and then turned a look of weary exasperation on her son.

“You promised me you were done. How could you be this stupid? If Chloe finds out, do you think she’ll still marry you?”

Robert was in a world of pain, gasping for air as he tried to defend himself.

“I didn’t mean to lose! I was up for the first three rounds, and then it all just… vanished. I owe millions.”

“You… you moron…”

Michael felt his vision go dark with rage as he pointed a shaking finger at his son.

Then, unable to help himself, he lunged forward for one final strike.

“I just paid off your last debt, and now you’ve doubled it! You’re going to bankrupt us! Why was I cursed with a son like you!”

Cindy was angry, but she wouldn’t allow Michal to talk about her child that way.

“He’s your only heir! Jade isn’t even your biological daughter! You’re beating your own flesh and blood over that woman’s child-are you sti obsessed with that bitch of a mother she had?”

Jade Merchant was not Michael’s biological chill.

It was the ultimate secret shared by the three of them-their real family.

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“Don’t you dare bring that up!” Michael snapped, his voice turning cold and hard for the first time in their marriage.

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“The priority is finding the millions to cover his debt before the real collectors show up at our door!”

Robert listened from the floor, his mind beginning to formulate a new plan.

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“Dad, Mom… Hudson was at Jade’s place tonight. You have no idea how much he protected her.”

Cindy was stunned. “They’re still together after everything that happened online?”

Robert snorted. “Jade spent years securing that man; she won’t let go that easily. She’s just playing hard to get to make him grovel.”

“I see…”

Cindy’s eyes filled with a calculative, predatory light.

“If they’re actually growing closer, then we need to go to Jade for the money. The Walters are billionaires. She’s stingy with the villas, fine-but five million is pocket change to that family. She has to pay up.”

Michael’s eyes flickered with hope, but then he remembered Jade’s message and his expression soured.

“She sent me those photos as a threat. She’s looking for a payout from us, not the other way around.”

Cindy let out a sharp, dismissive snort.

“Her job is the only thing she has left now. If she refuses to pay, we’ll make a scene at her studio until everyone knows she’s an unfilial bat. Once she’s a social pariah, she’ll come crawling to us with the cash.”

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