A Moment in Destiny

At the house of the Ball family.

Hudson slammed what he had in his hand onto the desk. His heart was aching, and his usually calm face couldn’t even conceal the pain and despair written on his face. “You’ve ruined my entire life, do you know that?”

“What are you saying, Hudson?” Christ was taken aback; his hand shuddered a bit. He didn’t know what Hudson was referring to.

The second he saw some of the photos in the bag on the table, his face turned pale. The photos were of him from that night at the hotel.

“You were the one who dosed the drug as well, right?” Hudson calmed down a bit, but the look in his eyes still had a lingering sense of despair and grief. Everything was far too late now. “Is the marriage all that important? To the point that you have to ruin me?”

“Hudson, Winnie isn’t that bad!”

“You had someone record the video too, right? And uploaded it online?”

“Hudson—”

“Just tell me the truth! Yes or no?” Hudson bellowed.

After a slight pause, Christ replied, “Yes!”

In truth, from the second he got the results of the investigation, Hudson already knew the truth that it was his father’s doing. But he still clutched on to some vague hope and refused to believe his father could have done such a thing. But now, he was left utterly disappointed.

He stared at Christ long and hard in the eyes but said nothing. Then he turned around slowly and headed out. The darkness made his figure seem elongated and incredibly lonely.

Hudson doesn’t even recall how he made it back home.

When Winnie woke up, some of the servants informed her that Hudson asked her to stay and that he would return shortly.

She had cried; her eyes were red, and her face looked pale. After releasing all her pent-up emotions, she felt much calmer now.

She sat and awaited him in the living room. When the doors opened, she stared in surprise as his tall figure came stumbling in. Unable to contain herself, she ran up to ask concernedly, “Are you alright?”

Hudson slowly moved his gaze to look at her fatigued face. At this moment, he saw the resemblance between the two, how they were both on the downtrodden end of their relationships.

“You don’t look so well!” Winnie softly said.

He continued to stare at her, as though he was looking at himself.

Winnie continued, “Hudson, I’m going home first! Take care of yourself!”

She made the motion to leave.

Just as she brushed past his shoulder, he grabbed her wrist, “Don’t go, ok?”

He was soft-spoken, and there was a hint of begging in his voice, “At least just for tonight, stay with me, OK?”

started to tear up again, “Do you need me, or

it matter? Do we have to be so clear

need me, I’ll stay! If you want to take responsibility, I won’t stay!” She said

was feeling incredibly

as tears fell down her cheeks. Could their relationship

eyes

he was doing this to comfort her or comfort himself. He just felt incredibly tired. Never had he felt

he know that this was the embrace Winnie had longed for! And never would he understand

swooped her up and

Their new home!

marriage, only she had lived here; he always stayed in the study!

expect that they’d go to the bedroom

why he was bringing her upstairs, so she let out

were suddenly sealed by

he

her and be responsible for her! Because the one who had sex with her was him! The current situation was incredibly different from when they just got married and never went to bed together! He felt a flurry of mixed

the sudden kiss; the more she tried to resist, the stronger his grip became. Against his burning hot chest, her large round eyes were fixated on his handsome face, and the tall bridge of his nose continued to scrape across her

dominance and kiss were like electric

into his snare again!

to give in to his passionate kisses. Even if she knew that he only wanted her body right now, she wanted to give

and sex

the truth

animal instinct inside him that was ignited and

or alcohol,

had sex

it was because he was sex-starved, or he needed a way to vent out his mixed feelings, but

Winnie was still deeply asleep. She was completely

got up, showered, and

exercises when Lance rushed over with a

quickly opened it. At that moment, his calm and collected face suddenly

was the first time he had ever seen Hudson like this. He looked on as Hudson’s eyes

***

inside him, and Hudson tightly clenched the

The two began to rush downstairs.

D University campus.

the situation, he spoke to the teacher fluently in French, then took Esther out of the

me?” Hudson tightly gripped her hand until it hurt her, as though he was afraid to lose her.

were still in session, the halls were very quiet. He took her to a corner and

could reply, he held her tightly

Esther looked up at

the hospital!” There was a quiver in his voice. Even now, he couldn’t believe the results, so he had to make sure.