Chapter 73" you have long lost the right to call me by name”

The chill of the morning seeped into Selena’s bones as she slowly opened her eyes, her body feeling heavy and sore. She instinctively reached for the warmth beside her, but her fingers met only the cold emptiness of the bed. She clutched the sheet closer, wrapping it around herself as a shield against the lonely silence that had settled in.

Her gaze drifted around the room, her heart pounding with a sliver of hope. But Hudson was nowhere to be found. The place he had lain beside her just hours before was now cold, and the memory of his presence felt like a distant echo.

She swallowed hard, trying to steady her racing heart. A thousand thoughts swirled in her mind. Did he left her?

She pulled her knees to her chest, feeling the ache in her heart deepen. “Hudson…” she whispered to the empty room, her voice barely above a whisper.

Hudson stepped out of the bathroom, his expression cold and unreadable. Without so much as a glance in Selena’s direction, he walked to his closet, pulled