Badass in Disguise (Shadow) novel Chapter 377

Chapter 377

Captain immediately stood up with a defiant “Woof!” as if saying he didn’t like Ethan either.

Jade patted his head. “Sit down.”

Captain obediently sat back on the floor.

Ethan recalled telling her during a massage that he disliked dogs and wanted to beat Captain. He cleared his throat awkwardly. “It’s not that. What I said that day about not liking him was somewhat personal. Since you’re raising him, it’s fine.”

Jade seemed amused. “Personal? Because Lawrence Linden gave him to me?”

Unwilling to admit he was jealous of both Lawrence and the dog, Ethan mimicked her earlier tone: “Sort of.”

Jade glanced at him and laughed softly. “Sort of my ass.”

Ethan smiled and leaned closer, gently bumping his head against hers.

The next day, after receiving Jade’s video call, Night returned to America immediately. True to his nature, he expressed his longing for Jade without restraint.

Ethan, wanting to avoid conflict and not wishing to put Jade in an awkward position, said goodbye before Night arrived. He knew Night, who had never managed to win Jade’s heart, harbored deep resentment toward him.

As Ethan had anticipated, Night wanted to take Jade to Russia. When that proved impossible, his suppressed anger toward Ethan resurfaced when he learned Jade was staying at the Haxton residence.

For the first time, Night seriously asked Jade about her feelings for Ethan.

Upon confirming from Jade herself that she genuinely had feelings for Ethan and was planning to move to the Haxton home, Night could barely contain his rage. He looked ready to murder Ethan.

“What exactly do you see in him?” Night demanded.

Jade’s answer was casual but definitive: “Everything.”

Night’s shoulders trembled with fury.

Chris Jensen tried repeatedly to reason with him, but Night wouldn’t listen. Several times, Night became so enraged during their conversations that he threw glasses at Chris’s feet, nearly coming to blows with him.

Maxi, speaking with Ethan’s voice, kept wandering in front of Night, who repeatedly resisted the urge to smash it.

Night stayed at Jade’s villa for two or three days, attempting to change her mind about Ethan. During his first attempt, Jade told him: “I

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His subsequent attempts were met with even more shocking revelations.

“I invited him to bed in Crimson Valley,” she said.

“We kissed in Africa too. Many times.”

“While I was unconscious, he gave me a good morning kiss and good night kiss every day.”

“When I woke up, we had a deep French kiss.”

Each statement cut off Night’s lecture, driving him to near insanity. He almost tore the villa apart. Captain watched him like he was observing a madman, staying alert to protect Jade should Night lose control.

The depressed Ethan, unable to see Jade, had no idea she had essentially exposed everything about their relationship. He couldn’t imagine that during those days, Night had screamed his name at least twenty times: “I’m going to fucking shoot him!”

Two days earlier, Ethan had asked Jade how long Night would stay. She had said he would leave soon, but days passed and he remained.

When Ethan inquired again, Jade explained that Night was sick.

Ethan’s first thought was that Night was faking illness, or perhaps manufacturing symptoms as Ethan himself had once done. His goal, Ethan suspected, was to prevent Jade from seeing him, possibly even “threatening” her with his illness while trying to persuade her to leave Ethan.

Surprisingly, Night really was sick.

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