Her Friday class was in the evening. She followed Elijah to his office in the morning. And now, Elijah went down for a meeting.
“It’s raining so heavily!” Esther muttered to herself.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
“Hello!” Esther answered it. “Lance, what happened?”
“What? I’ll be right there. Where are you guys? Okay, I got it. I’ll be right there!” Esther couldn’t wait for Elijah to finish his meeting. She rushed out without taking her bag.
She took a cab to the hospital. She saw the person who was standing in the rain from afar. She didn’t know what happened. She hurriedly got off the car and rushed over. “Hudson, why are you standing in the rain? Do you want to die?”
Hudson opened his eyes blankly and looked at Esther. At this moment, his blank gaze seemed not to have pain anymore, but only deadly loneliness which was blank. It seemed like he had given up. Nothing mattered to him anymore.
“Say something, what happened?” Esther suddenly felt scared when she saw Hudson being in such a state. She wondered what had happened to him. Why his eyes were all blank without any sense of life as if a soulless person?
His stare had remained vacant. Hudson looked numbly at Esther who was gradually getting anxious. He was in silence. He was like falling into the darkness. He could no longer find any reason to live. His life was meaningless without Esther. Even his father who was the closest person to him also used and framed him. He felt life was meaningless.
“Lance, what happened?” Esther had no choice but to ask Lance. Soon, she was also getting wet in the rain.
Hudson’s face was pale. His eyes looked hollow yet numb. It seemed that it could see through the world, the only thing left was the lifeless sight. The eyes were so dark that it could devour his soul.
“Hudson?” She called him softly and her tears rolled down instantly. Esther stretched her hand and held his arm, she whispered, “Hudson, tell me what happened? Don’t scare me, okay? Tell me, okay?”
He remained silent like a puppet. Hudson’s eyes looked hollow and were quietly staring far away. The eyes seemed to be able to see the end of time and understood all the misery of human beings.
“Lance, what’s wrong with Hudson?” Looking at Hudson’s numb and hollow face, Esther wiped her tears and looked worriedly at Lance who was standing at the side, “What’s going on?”
“Miss Price, you are not real siblings!” Lance sighed. “DNA results came out today. The young master had seen the results and knew that everything was a conspiracy by the old master. The previous DNA report wasn’t real. The young master was tricked by the old master!”
Esther was dumbfounded. “Everything you said is true?”
“Miss Price, I didn’t read the report. The young master must feel truly hurt. He loves you so much, but he was tricked by the old master. He can’t accept this fact at this moment. That’s why he acts so abnormal!” Lance dared not to talk nonsense.
No wonder Hudson suddenly behaved as if he was overwhelmed by death and became numb until expressionless.
Esther took the towel from Lance and helped Hudson to wipe off the raindrops from his body. Hudson’s eyes could slowly reflect her face, but they were the coldest and hollowest eyes.
Looking at Hudson who was in silence, Esther spoke worriedly, “Hudson, can you not be like this? I know you’re sad. I understand but don’t torture yourself, okay?”
Lance left some space for them to communicate and left the house quietly. The house fell into deadly silence. Hudson came back to his sense and looked at Esther. That was the face of the girl he loved the most.
But he lost her! Because of his father’s conspiracy! Everything was so ironic and ridiculous.
After experiencing great pain and suppressed for too long, Hudson suddenly lost control and grabbed Esther’s arm, “Esther-”
“Hudson!” Esther was surprised as he finally spoke. “You scared me, scared me to death! Promise me that you will never get wet like this again!”
Hudson hugged her fiercely.
Both of them were completely soaked. Esther was being hugged tightly in Hudson’s arms. The embrace was so tight, and the strength was so strong making Esther’s emotions began to evoke, and her heart ached.
But there was no way back! Her once most beloved Hudson. At this moment, even knowing that he wasn’t her real brother, they couldn’t go back.
“Esther, come with me! How can I live without you?!” He murmured and whispered in her ear.
She suddenly felt hurt because of his words. “Hudson… I…”
“Esther, I’m wrong. It’s all my fault. I didn’t take you to do the examination at the beginning and had been tricked by him… But my love for you had never changed… The person I love is you…” He murmured and finally turned into a whimper. Even though he was a man, he cried.
His tears were rolling down from his face and dropped on her neck. The hot tears burned the skin of her neck. Esther suddenly felt her heart ached. She was very painful.
“Hudson … Fate is playing a trick on us. You must move on. You must! Hudson, forgive me, I can’t go with you!” After all, she rejected him.
Hudson felt panicked when he thought of being without her in his life and he would not own her again. “No! Esther, please don’t leave me! We are allowed to be together. You used to love me so much. I’m not your real brother and we can be together. We can. We’ll never again be tormented. Esther, stay together with me … Let’s be selfish, shall we?”
“Hudson-” He didn’t give her a chance to speak. He lowered his head and kissed her to avoid her from talking as he didn’t want to hear her rejection.
“Uh-Don’t-” Esther shook her head to reject him. She stretched her hands to push him away, “Hudson, let go of me-”
He grabbed her hands which were pushing him and squeezed them tightly. She frowned and screamed, “Let go …”
***
“No…” Instead of letting her go, he took her into his arms. He pressed her tightly against the wall aside. Esther became even more terrified.
They could not do this, absolutely not! She could only hear a voice in her heart, “No, no!”
She now couldn’t do this with Hudson. Elijah’s handsome face flashed in her mind and she suddenly frightened. “No … You let go of me, let go of me …”
He was too depressed in the past days. There was once where he was willing to risk committing incest just to be with her. But in the end, he didn’t do that. Now he hated himself for being soft-hearted at that time. If he insisted on having her and leaving with her, they should be together now. There were no Winnie and Elijah! Just him and Esther!
“No-Hudson, let go of me! Don’t be like this!” Esther was terrified. She felt as if Hudson had lost his mind. “Hudson, don’t! Elijah, help me!”
“Esther! Don’t call his name! You are mine! You are Mine!” Hudson screamed in desperation.
“Let go of me, okay?” She pleaded with him insecurely, just wanted to escape quickly…
“Esther, I want you! Not to be your brother, just be your man, okay?” He was breathing very heavily. His eyes squinted like a beast. Then, he wrapped Esther tightly in his arms and slowly whispered into her ears in his deep and husky voice.
“Hudson, I don’t want to-We can’t go back, can’t go back anymore!” Esther screamed out of nervousness. Her tears were flowing out and she was crying tremendously “We really can’t go back. Please let me go!”
The warm tears dripped onto Hudson’s large hand, burning him. He was shocked and came back to his sense. Then, he lowered his head and looked at Esther. His whole body trembled.
Esther looked at Hudson with her eyes full of tears. Her fair fingertips stroke his cheeks, and she cried, “Hudson, we have walked further apart. There’s no way to get back! Don’t forget about you and Winnie, you’ve…”
Hudson looked at her. His brow furrowed and his mind in turmoil. When he heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
Suddenly, he turned around and stood there with a gloomy face.
He, what did he do? How could he be so impulsive?
But her refusal made him feel even more pain!