CHAPTER 293 TRY

After a day spent with Dame Hortense, Hudson was exhausted mentally and physically. It was as if he went on a full rampage or argument with a bunch of people, but it was only a single woman. He arrived home earlier than usual and needed serious rest. Hortense had substantially increased his frustration and pent-up anger, and all he wanted was to have a night's sleep to calm his nerves. In the kitchen, he was met by Elora putting dishes away. Normally, he would go straight to check on Claire first if she was still in the house somewhere. But he was rooted in the spot as he watched Elora. Something about her changed, different from the one he had known for months. Maybe it was the way she arranged the dishes meticulously in the same order as the rest, or it was the chilling thought that came to his mind, but he immediately turned it down. Elora couldn’t; she knew the implications if she ever did. When she turned around, she was startled to see him standing in the doorway, but she r