From His Ex-Wife to the World's Most Sought-After Restorer (Jade and Hudson) novel Chapter 153

Chapter 153 Desperate Measures

He spoke with his chin tilted up, clearly expecting Jade to be grateful or to throw herself into his arms like she used to.

But the reaction he wanted never came. Jade gave the room a cold, dismissive glance- even seeing the furniture-before glaring at him.

“Give me back my mother’s ashes!”

The expression on Hudson’s face cooled instantly.

“After all the effort I put into this house, don’t you have even a shred of—”

“Give me back my mother’s ashes!”

Jade cut him off with a sharp scream. Hudson stood his ground, unmoving.

“Fine. If you won’t give them to me, I’ll find them myself!”

Jade began a frantic, aimless search through the villa. As she tried to brush past Hudson, he caught her around the waist.

“Jade-”

Slap!

Jade broke free, spun around, and delivered a stinging blow to his face. Her eyes were bloodshot, her teeth gritted in fury.

“It wasn’t enough to threaten me? My mother is dead, and you’re still using her to control me? You won’t even let her rest in peace! Are you even human?!”

Hudson pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek, tasting blood. Faint red marks began to bloom on his pale face.

He looked at Jade, his expression turning dark and brooding. He let out a cold laugh and stepped toward her.

Jade’s lips trembled as she stumbled backward.

When her back hit the wall, Hudson grabbed her chin.

“Didn’t you say I was ‘nothing special’? You wanted a divorce, you wanted to hide the baby, you

even wanted to go abroad…”

“Heh-”

Hudson let out a dark chuckle, his grip on her chin tightening.

“Is there a single thing you’ve managed to do without my permission?”

“That’s because you’re a despicable coward!”

Jade screamed, tears streaming down her face and splashing onto Hudson’s hand. The scalding sensation hit him like a physical blow, a momentary pang of guilt stabbing at his heart.

He loosened his grip and held her by the shoulders, his voice dropping to a forced, patient warmth.

“Jade, I didn’t want it to be like this. You forced my hand.”

Seeing the tears covering her porcelain face, her nose and eyes red from crying, he reached out and wiped her cheek with the back of his hand.

“Just be a good girl. Come home, be Mrs. Walter again, and I promise nothing like this will ever happen again.”

Jade gripped his sleeves with all her strength.

“Hudson, I’m begging you. Give my mother back to me. She belongs in the cemetery… let her rest there. Isn’t it enough that you’re tormenting me? Why drag her into this? Please… please stop messing with her…”

Hudson took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

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