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CHAPTER 97
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JaneThe silence in the cafe stretched for what felt like an eternity. Every customer was staring at me. Maribel looked like she might faint and Hudson's face had gone completely white, his eyes wide with genuine terror.I stood in the doorway, my hands clenched so tightly at my sides that my nails bit into my palms. The rage coursing through me was so intense I could taste it. It was metallic and bitter on my tongue.I wanted to scream and demand answers right here, right now, in front of everyone. I wanted them to explain how they could do this to me. How Maribel could harbor the man who had kidnapped me and how Hudson had the audacity to exist in my world again.But I wouldn't give them that satisfaction. I wouldn't make a scene in Maribel's cafe and I wouldn't let these strangers see me lose control.I wouldn't air out the twisted and painful history between the three of us for public consumption.I had come too far to fall apart in public. I had built myself into someone stron
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JaneI couldn't sleep that night. I lay next to Julius in our bed, staring at the ceiling while my mind raced through every possible scenario. I still couldn't bring myself to believe Hudson was free. He had been free for weeks, and I hadn't known.Julius's breathing was steady beside me, but I knew he wasn't sleeping either. I could feel the tension radiating from his body and the way his hand rested protectively on my hip even in the darkness."Are you okay?" He asked quietly, confirming my suspicion that he was awake."I don't know," I admitted, my voice coming out smaller than I thought it would. "I keep trying to figure out how I'm supposed to feel about this."Julius shifted, pulling me closer against his chest. "You're allowed to feel however you feel, Jane. There's no right or wrong way to process this."But that was the problem. I didn't know what I felt. I felt fear, yes. That was there. The old terror lived in my bones from the cabin when I was tied up and helpless while p
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JaneThe meeting was going better than I had hoped.Noah Adams, the CEO of Adams Technologies, leaned back in his chair with a satisfied expression as we reviewed the final contract terms.His company needed a comprehensive digital infrastructure overhaul, and my firm was the perfect fit for the project."I have to say, Mrs. Armstrong, your team's proposal exceeded all expectations," Noah said, signing the last page with a flourish. "We're thrilled to be partnering with you.""The feeling is mutual," I replied, shaking his hand across the conference table. "I'm confident this partnership will benefit both our companies significantly."It had taken me three months to land this contract. It had been months of presentations, negotiations, and proving that my company could deliver results that justified our premium rates.This was the kind of deal that would establish us as a major player in the industry and not just Julius's wife's cute side project but a legitimate force in the business
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HudsonThe public library had become my refuge in ways I hadn't expected.Between warehouse shifts and helping Maribel at the cafe, I carved out time almost every week to sit at my usual table by the window on the second floor, surrounded by textbooks and notebooks full of barely legible handwriting.Today I was working through a chapter on customer retention strategies, highlighting passages and making notes in the margins. The warehouse supervisor had mentioned they were looking for someone to help with client relations eventually, and I wanted to be ready if the opportunity came.I was so absorbed in reading that I didn't notice the group of students entering the library until I heard a familiar voice say, "There he is!"I looked up to see the kid from a few days ago. The one I had helped with fractions. He was with a group of other kids around his age, all carrying backpacks and talking in the hushed tones that libraries demanded.His face lit up when our eyes met, and something w
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MaribelOne morning I woke up thinking about Hudson and realized with a jolt of alarm that the thought made me smile instead of filling me with guilt or dread.I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to pinpoint exactly when things had become like this. When had I stopped seeing him as a penance and a debt to pay forward, and started seeing him as just Hudson and not the monster who had destroyed Jane. Not the entitled asshole who had used me for sex while planning his wedding. Just a man who was desperately trying to be better than he was, working two jobs, studying at the library and treating every customer like they were special.A man who hummed while making coffee, who remembered that Mrs. Smith took her latte extra hot and who helped the kids at the cafe.The realization terrified me because this wasn't supposed to happen.When we were together before, if you could even call it that, there had been no feelings involved. It was purely physical and transactional. He wanted
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HudsonThe public library became my sanctuary. Between warehouse shifts and helping out at Maribel's cafe, I started spending every spare hour there. It was quiet, free, and nobody cared that I was an ex-con trying to figure out how to turn his life around.The business section was on the second floor, tucked away in a corner where natural light filtered through tall windows. I claimed the same table by the window as my regular spot, spreading out whatever books I checked out that week alongside my notebook.Today it was "Marketing Fundamentals for Small Business" and "Financial Planning Strategies." They contained dense and complicated stuff that made my brain hurt, but I was determined to understand it.I had been reading about target demographics for maybe an hour when I heard a frustrated sigh from the table next to mine.I glanced over and saw a kid sitting there. He was maybe elementary school age, surrounded by textbooks and papers. His backpack was on the floor next to him
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HudsonI straightened my tie in the bathroom mirror, checking my reflection with satisfaction. I was perfectly composed and there was not a strand of hair out of place. No one would ever know I had just spent the last twenty minutes balls-deep in my fiancée's best friend.Maribel emerged from the
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JaneMy eyes locked with Julius’s and in that moment, I saw my own desperation reflected back at me.“Please,” I whispered, my hands sliding up his chest to frame his face. “Please make me forget. Just for a few minutes. Make me forget Hudson. Make me forget—” My voice cracked. “Make me forget eve
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JaneJulius froze. For one terrible, endless moment, his lips were still against mine and his body was rigid with shock. I had made a mistake. A horrible and irreversible mistake. I was kissing my fiancé's father. The man who was supposed to become my father-in-law in less than twenty minutes. Wh
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JaneJulius Armstrong's piercing grey gaze locked with mine, and I didn’t think it was possible, but the humiliation grew even worse. It wasn't enough that I had caught my fiancé fucking my best friend minutes before our wedding. It wasn't enough that Hudson had kept going, had mocked me and had
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