Twisted Hate Summary Chapter by Chapter | Ana Huang

Chapter 10: Josh

Josh arrives at the airport for the Vermont trip and finds Jules already there.

She gives him a blueberry muffin in return for the cupcake, though they continue trading barbs. Josh is haunted by memories of his family’s tragedies and his failures to protect Ava.

Upon arriving in Vermont, they discover the resort double-booked their lodge. The group moves to a smaller VIP lodge with only two bedrooms.

Because the living room couch isn’t a pull-out, Jules and Josh must share the guest room. They’re both appalled to find the room contains only one bed.

Chapter 11: Jules

Jules tries to avoid skiing, citing bad memories from a trip seven years ago with her ex, Max. Josh realizes she doesn’t actually know how to ski and offers to teach her.

He remains surprisingly patient during the lesson on the bunny slope. Jules catches on quickly but eventually crashes into Josh, sending them both into the snow. While pinned together, the atmosphere turns sexual, and Josh asks if she wants to fuck him.

Jules reacts with defensive anger and storms off, shaken by her attraction. She’s suddenly doubled over by blinding period pain.

Chapter 12: Josh

Josh joins Alex and Ava for lunch, noticing Jules is missing. Ava explains Jules is unwell and resting at the cabin. Josh is forced to spend one-on-one time with Alex on the slopes, and they agree to a ski race.

The adrenaline of the triple black diamond run lets Josh temporarily forget his stress. He beats Alex by a narrow margin and feels a glimmer of their old friendship returning.

However, mention of their shared past brings back tension, and they return to the lodge in silence.

Chapter 13: Josh

Josh grills Ava about Jules’s condition and learns she suffers from excruciating period cramps. He enters their shared room and finds her curled in a fetal position.

Despite Jules’s resistance, Josh uses his medical training to offer an aromatherapy massage with lavender oil.

The physical contact creates a highly charged atmosphere, and Josh finds himself intensely aroused while trying to help her. He provides a warm compress and stays by her side until she falls asleep.

He struggles with his own desire, realizing lust and like aren’t always the same.

Chapter 14: Jules

Jules wakes to find Josh’s arm draped over her waist and panics when she realizes she slept in the same bed as him. She feels mixed gratitude for his help and intense self-consciousness.

After a morning at the spa with Ava, they meet the men for lunch, where proximity to Josh continues distracting her.

Jules receives a text from an unknown number that turns out to be her ex-boyfriend, Max. The shock makes her physically ill, and she flees to the bathroom to vomit.

Chapter 15: Jules

Back in D.C., Jules is a mess of anxiety while waiting for another message from Max. She finds herself increasingly attracted to Josh when she sees him in doctor’s scrubs at the clinic.

They join coworkers Ellie and Marshall for drinks at The Black Fox.

During Truth or Dare, Josh dares Jules to kiss someone at the table for thirty seconds. To spite him and avoid his touch, she kisses Marshall instead.

After coworkers leave, Josh taunts her about needing someone to fuck the attitude out of her. Their standoff is interrupted by Todd, the man who stood Jules up.

Chapter 16: Josh

Josh feels irrational loathing toward Todd, who leers at Jules and offers a fake apology. Jules delivers a savage verbal takedown of Todd, which Josh secretly admires.

After Todd leaves, Josh and Jules bet on who can get the most phone numbers in an hour. Josh secures over a dozen numbers through usual charm, but Jules remains seated most of the hour.

In final minutes, Jules has the DJ stop music and announces she’s looking for a rebound from a bad relationship. She wins easily as dozens of men flock to her.

Chapter 17: Jules

Final score: twenty-seven numbers for Jules, sixteen for Josh.

As they walk home, tension reaches fever pitch. Jules is distracted by thoughts of Max and wanders into traffic.

Josh panics and pulls her back just in time, saving her life. Once safe on her porch, relief turns into vicious argument about Jules’s recklessness and Josh’s self-righteousness.

They trade low blows until Josh vows to fuck the attitude out of her. He finally snaps and kisses her, shattering her world.

Chapter 18: Jules

Jules is shocked by the kiss but responds with equal ferocity, hating how much she loves it.

They engage in a power struggle, trading insults and sexual dares as they strip.

Josh takes control, forcing her into submission and edging her until desperate. Their encounter is cathartic, purging years of animosity and dark emotion. Josh eventually gives in, and they have intense, multiple-orgasm sex on the floor.

Afterward, the lust-fueled fog clears, and Jules wonders what she’s done.

Chapter 19: Josh

Josh reflects on the sex with Jules, calling it the greatest high he’s ever experienced. He’s consumed by thoughts of her for days and struggles to focus during lunch with Ava. He continues receiving letters from his father, Michael, and struggles with the urge to open them.

Unable to get Jules out of his head, he goes to her house and proposes an enemies-with-benefits arrangement.

Jules initially refuses but eventually agrees after setting ground rules: no falling in love, and keep it secret from Ava. Josh is certain he’ll never fall in love with her.

Chapter 20: Jules

Jules views her arrangement with Josh as insanity but admits she’s addicted to the sex.

She and friends celebrate moving into The Mirage at a new club called Hyacinth. Josh texts demanding to see her, but she says she’s busy.

Her night is ruined when she hears her old name, Jules Miller, and turns to find Max standing in the club.

Max is gaunter and menacing, telling her it’s been a long time. Panic claws at her throat as she realizes her past has found her.

Chapter 21: Jules

Max confronts Jules about her name change and perfect little life in D.C. He reveals he just spent seven years in jail for the theft they committed together in Ohio.

A flashback shows Jules and Max stole fifty thousand dollars from her stepfather Alastair’s safe, but Max got caught stealing an extra diamond necklace.

Max blames Jules for leaving him as the fall guy. He threatens to release a sex tape he made of her years ago unless she does him a favor. Their conversation is interrupted by Josh, who asks if he’s interrupting.

Chapter 22: Jules

Josh’s presence feels like salvation, and Max leaves with a smug warning.

Jules lies, claiming Max is someone she used to know. She goads Josh into confrontation to distract herself from panic.

They sneak into a supply closet at the club, where Josh punishes her fragile ego comment with rough sex.

Jules uses the encounter to forget secrets and lies, losing herself in ecstasy. Afterward, she sneaks out and goes home with Josh for round two.

Chapter 23: Josh

Josh and Jules have sex again at his house, but Josh is distracted by memory of the man from the club. He’s irrationally jealous and tries to mark her as his.

A severe storm traps Jules at his house overnight. They argue over movies and settle on Finding Nemo.

Josh admits it was his favorite with his father; Jules shares her father left when she was a baby. Jules falls asleep on the couch, and despite their no-sleepover rule, Josh carries her to his bed.

Chapter 24: Jules

Jules wakes in Josh’s room to smell of bacon and coffee. She finds shirtless Josh cooking breakfast and is struck by how attractive he looks domestic. Josh jokingly refuses to make her a plate, claiming it would feel like dating, but lets her eat leftovers. After she leaves, Jules receives a still image from her sex tape as a text from Max. The image reminds her Max is still toying with her. She realizes her life could end if she can’t fulfill Max’s favor.

Chapter 25: Josh

Josh’s work week is consumed by chaotic ER patients. He hits one of Those Days when seventeen-year-old Tanya dies after a car accident. Devastated, he retreats to a bathroom to break down privately.

Tanya’s death triggers memories of his mother’s suicide and Ava’s near-drowning.

Desperate for comfort and not wanting to be alone, he texts Jules. She says she’s at the science library, and he heads there immediately.

Chapter 26: Josh

Josh finds Jules at the library and notices she’s been crying.

He tries to banter, but she’s too exhausted to argue. Josh confesses he lost a patient; Jules offers quiet sympathy that deeply comforts him. She hints at her own distress, mentioning she might have to do something she’s not proud of.

They have intimate sex in the library stacks that feels more like understanding than their previous encounters. On impulse, Josh asks Jules to be his fake date to the hospital’s annual picnic.

Chapter 27: Jules

Jules agrees to the fake date and meets Josh at the park for the picnic.

They bond further while warding off matchmaking attempts from Josh’s coworkers. Josh defends Jules against a pretentious colleague who makes assumptions based on her looks.

Later, they share a chocolate cupcake, and Josh opens up about why he became a doctor: fear of losing loved ones. Jules realizes she’s falling for Josh and their relationship has changed.

They agree to see each other soon before their upcoming trip to Eldorra.

Chapter 28: Josh

In Eldorra for Bridget’s wedding, Josh and Jules sneak away to his suite for a quick hookup. They’re nearly caught when Ava knocks looking for her laptop.

Jules hides in the bathroom while Josh frantically tries to get Ava to leave. Ava notices Jules’s shoes by the bed, but Josh lies his way out.

After Jules leaves, Josh realizes how reckless they are but admits he’s addicted to her. Logic flies out the window where Jules is concerned.

Chapter 29: Josh

Bored and unable to leave the hotel due to paparazzi, Josh goes to the bar and runs into Alex.

Egged on by Jules’s advice, he extends a tentative olive branch to his former best friend. They bond over beer and college memories.

Alex admits he loves Ava and offers rare, sincere apology for past betrayal. Josh agrees to attend a baseball game with him in D.C., marking reconciliation’s beginning. Their night cuts short when Ava calls: the girls have been arrested.

Chapter 30: Jules

Jules explains they were arrested after she punched a man groping Ava at a club. Josh and Alex bail them out; Alex pays to wipe charges from records.

Watching Alex and Ava’s domestic affection triggers longing in Jules for unconditional love.

She receives another threatening text from Max and breaks down in Josh’s room. She confesses she overheard him telling Ava to stop being friends with her seven years ago.

Josh apologizes for past judgment, and they have sex again, though emotional weight leaves Jules in tears.

Chapter 31: Jules

Bridget’s royal wedding day arrives, and Jules serves as bridesmaid. She reflects how her friends are growing up and entering new life eras.

During the ceremony, she makes intense eye contact with Josh, finding it both terrifying and exhilarating. She tries looking away but feels held captive by his gaze.

Seeing Bridget and Rhys’s obvious love makes Jules emotional. She realizes she’s ready to admit feelings she’s been trying to hide.

Chapter 32: Josh

Josh is consumed by need to talk to Jules and clear air after their last encounter.

He sees her flirting with soccer star Asher Donovan at the reception and becomes intensely possessive. He interrupts their conversation and demands to speak with Jules alone.

In a private drawing room, Josh offers sincere apology for past treatment and admits everything has changed.

When Jules suggests they should date others per their rules, Josh snaps. He declares she’s his and he wants everything—her heart and soul.

Chapter 33: Jules

Four days after Josh’s declaration, Jules still reels from his words. She’s terrified of her feelings, fearing she isn’t enough for someone like him.

At the clinic, Barbs teases her about Josh, suggesting they’d make a great couple. Jules’s day turns tragic when she receives a call from an Ohio hospital.

Her mother, Adeline, has died in a car accident. The news leaves her in shock and total numbness.

Chapter 34: Josh

Jules drops by Josh’s house unannounced, looking lost and devastated. Josh immediately takes her in, offering comfort and a place to stay.

Jules confesses she feels sadness, anger, and shameful relief over her mother’s death. She tells Josh her full story: mother’s spending, their poverty, and how her stepfather Alastair tried to assault her before her mother kicked her out for seducing him.

Josh feels murderous rage toward Alastair but remains a pillar of support. He helps book travel and funeral arrangements, and they sleep together for the first time without sex.

Chapter 35: Jules

Jules returns to Ohio to finalize mother’s funeral arrangements.

Whittlesburg hasn’t changed in seven years. She’s startled to find Josh waiting at her hotel, having skipped his New Zealand trip to support her.

He claims he wanted to visit the world-famous crochet museum as excuse. Jules is overcome with emotion, realizing Josh is her life raft. His presence lets her finally breathe and face her past.

Chapter 36: Josh

Josh and Jules spend the day exploring Whittlesburg and visiting the crochet museum.

They visit the bookstore that was Jules’s childhood haven. At a diner, former classmate Rita reveals Alastair was caught in sex scandal with a teenager before dying, explaining why Jules’s mother was left with nothing.

Jules admits she changed her name from Miller to Ambrose for fresh start. Josh opens up about letters from his father; Jules encourages him to face his monsters for closure. Josh realizes Jules is extraordinary.

Chapter 37: Josh

Josh accompanies Jules to her mother’s quiet funeral. Afterward, they visit the small house her mother rented, where Jules realizes her mother had no photos of her and never truly cared for anyone except herself.

This provides Jules closure to move on. Inspired by Jules, Josh decides he’s ready to visit his father in prison. While waiting for their flight, Jules admits Josh was right: their relationship is more than sex.

Josh asks her on a proper date, betting she won’t think about any other man afterward.

Chapter 38: Jules

Jules returns to D.C. feeling catharsis. Josh takes her on an elaborate first date involving a bookstore scavenger hunt themed around her favorite books and memories.

The hunt ends with a note formally asking her out. They have romantic Italian dinner and nearly get caught by Alex and Ava, leading to frantic but hilarious kitchen escape.

After dinner, Josh and Jules share deep, soulful kiss. Jules realizes that while hate’s opposite isn’t love, their passion is real and undeniable.

Chapter 39: Josh

Josh attends a baseball game with Alex, continuing to rebuild their friendship. He reveals he’s finally opened Michael’s letters and plans to visit him in prison.

At the prison, Josh has surreal conversation with his father, who initially acts normal. However, Michael asks Josh to smuggle prescription pills for him and prison friends using medical access.

Josh explodes, calling out his father’s lack of remorse and attempt to use his own son. He cuts ties for good, realizing Michael can mimic love but not feel it.

Chapter 40: Jules

Josh drops by Jules’s apartment after prison visit, seeking closure and emotional release. He admits seeing Michael was painful but necessary.

Their intense emotional conversation transitions into highly charged sex. Josh ties Jules to the bed and uses a vibrator to edge her until mindless with lust.

They share deeply intimate cuddling afterward, and Josh declares he doesn’t share when it comes to her.

Their peace shatters when Jules receives Max’s call demanding she steal the ugly painting from Josh’s room as his favor.

Chapter 41: Jules

Jules is sick with guilt over Max’s demand. She tries convincing Josh to get rid of the painting, but he admits soft spot because it reminds him of failed art camp attempts.

He also tells her she’s one of the few people he truly trusts, intensifying her internal conflict.

Jules struggles with urge to tell truth but fears he’ll judge her and walk away. She realizes she must follow through with plan to fulfill Max’s demand and destroy blackmail material forever.

Chapter 42: Jules

Jules uses Josh’s spare key to fake a burglary while he’s at work. She steals the painting along with his watch, iPad, and cash to make it look random. She meets Max at seedy hotel and gives him the painting.

Max reveals it’s actually valuable art mistakenly sold at estate sale. He promises to leave D.C. by weekend but hints he might contact her again.

Jules returns home and prepares for phase two: telling Josh the truth.

Chapter 43: Josh

Josh returns from night shift to find front door unlocked. He discovers his room ransacked and painting and gadgets missing. He calls police, who offer little hope.

Frustrated and needing support, he calls Jules. During the call, he almost tells her he loves her for first time.

He realizes Jules has become the first person he turns to when things go wrong. He decides he needs to make their relationship permanent.

Chapter 44: Jules

Jules seeks Christian Harper’s help to erase the sex tape from Max’s devices. She visits Christian’s penthouse and offers favor-for-favor exchange for his hacking expertise.

They sign formal contract with Jules potentially liable for two million dollars if she reneges.

Christian introduces her to Dante Russo, whose grandfather just died. Christian explains erasing digital files is difficult but possible. He gives her wireless hacking device and instructions for using it near Max’s laptop.

Chapter 45: Jules

Jules returns to Max’s hotel room under guise of warning him the painting is fraud. She uses hacking device to connect to his laptop while Christian’s man Kage waits outside.

Max leers at her and insults her relationship with Josh. Once Christian signals the video is destroyed, Jules reveals truth and demands painting back.

Kage enters and intimidates Max while Jules retrieves painting. She leaves Max with final warning to move on. Realizing relationship can’t survive lies, she decides to tell Josh everything.

Chapter 46: Josh

Josh is in excellent mood, having put his father behind him and planned surprise New York trip for Jules. Jules arrives with portfolio bag and nervous expression. She confesses she was the one who broke into his house and stole items under blackmail.

She tells him entire history with Max and the sex tape. Josh feels icy disbelief and deep rage toward Max.

Despite Jules’s apology, Josh feels utterly betrayed by her lack of trust. He has one final, angry encounter and kicks her out, telling her to get the fuck out.

Chapter 47: Jules

Jules is devastated by breakup and Josh’s cruel parting words. She realizes her fear of his judgment was self-fulfilling prophecy and she’s destroyed the most beautiful thing in her life.

She cries on the metro home, attracting stares. Once home, she collapses in shower and cries for first time in years.

Haunted by memories of their time together and his promises of possessiveness, she falls into cold numbness and lets darkness eat her alive.

Chapter 48: Jules

Jules uses broken heart as motivation to study for bar exam with rigid structure.

She completes first half but feels empty rather than relieved. She hallucinates Josh celebrating with her before reality snaps back. In a stairwell, Max ambushes her, drunk and desperate for the painting.

He attempts assault, but she knees him in groin. As she tries escaping, Max shoves her down stairs, and she falls into darkness.

Chapter 49: Josh

Josh is in terrible mood at work, lashing out at nurses for minor mistakes. Clara pulls him aside, telling him to stop being an asshole before ruining his career.

His next patient is Jules Ambrose, brought in after her fall. Josh is hit with intense worry seeing her head injury but maintains professional mask.

Jules reveals Max pushed her after she finished bar exam. Josh’s rage returns, and he texts Alex to help find Max.

Chapter 50: Josh

Josh and Alex kidnap Max from a bar and take him to soundproofed house. Josh rips tape off Max’s mouth and confronts him about pushing Jules.

Max continues insulting Jules, calling her whore, making Josh snap. Josh viciously beats Max until he’s unconscious heap on ground.

Alex eventually pulls him back, warning he’ll kill him if he continues. Josh is sickened by his own violence but feels release.

Alex points out Josh is clearly in love with Jules and his reaction to her confession was mistake.

Chapter 51: Jules

Jules recovers from mild concussion and shoulder sprain and finishes bar exam multiple-choice section. She reflects on Josh’s clinical ER behavior and feels hurt by detachment.

As she leaves testing site, Josh waits for her, disheveled and full of regret. They go to private office to talk.

Josh reveals he tracked down Max and ensured he’ll never bother her again. He offers heartfelt apology for cruelty and confesses his love, but shell-shocked Jules asks for space. Josh promises to wait as long as it takes.

Chapter 52: Jules

Jules returns to clinic after days off and finds Josh waiting at her desk. He’s respectful of space but makes clear he still wants to be with her.

Jules receives call from Asher Donovan asking for drinks as just friends. Josh is visibly jealous but says any man would be idiot to let her go.

At bar with Asher, Jules realizes she’s getting in her own way and belongs with Josh. She exits to find Josh waiting outside; she asks him to promise they’re real. They reconcile with desperate kiss, and Josh declares he loves her especially when she drives him crazy.

Chapter 53: Josh

Josh takes Jules home to tend her injuries, though she playfully demands makeup sex. He eventually gives in, and they have slower, sensual sex that Josh describes as making love.

He realizes she’s the only thing that could make him happy forever.

Josh mentions he took care of the painting but won’t reveal details yet. They reflect on needing to tell Ava about their relationship and decide to wait for right moment. Jules falls asleep in his arms, exhausted but happy.

Chapter 54: Josh

Josh and Jules finally go to Ava and Alex’s apartment to reveal their relationship. They bring red velvet cake as peace offering.

Ava initially thinks they’re playing prank and bursts into laughter. When she realizes they’re serious, she’s horrified at idea of her brother banging her best friend.

After private talk with Josh, Ava eventually accepts relationship, warning she’ll murder him if he hurts Jules. Josh is relieved and grateful for sister’s blessing.

Chapter 55: Josh

While girls are out, Alex shows Josh massive Harry Winston diamond ring and reveals he plans to propose to Ava.

Alex asks Josh’s permission to marry her, which Josh grants after realizing Alex is the only person he trusts to protect her.

Alex also asks Josh to be his best man, leading to emotional reconciliation. They begin planning epic bachelor party with tigers and Macau. Josh realizes every great friendship has chapters, and this is start of their new one.

Chapter 56: Jules

Jules, Stella, and Ava celebrate Jules and Josh’s relationship at a bar.

They FaceTime Bridget, who’s shocked but happy. While chatting, news report reveals Max Renner found dead in Baltimore hotel room, killed by criminal associates.

Jules feels trickle of relief but mostly nothing, having truly put him in past. She notices Stella looking rattled by something on phone but drops it when Stella brushes off. Jules ends night feeling her friendship is steady rock.

Chapter 57: Jules

Josh takes Jules on surprise New York trip to see Legally Blonde musical.

He takes her to high-profile art exhibition at luxury penthouse. Jules is stunned to find his ugly painting, Magda, hanging between a Monet and de Kooning.

Josh reveals he sold it for shit ton of money to Dante Russo, ensuring Max’s associates never dare come after it.

Dante introduces them to his fiancée; Jules notes his ruthless reputation. Jules is impressed by Josh’s genius move and their newfound financial security.

Chapter 58: Josh

Josh reflects on how painting sale money paid off med school loans and built nest egg for future with Jules. He meets Jules at clinic, and they discuss Alex and Ava’s upcoming wedding.

They see photos of Alex’s nervous proposal and laugh. Josh and Jules discuss their own future, agreeing they’re not ready for marriage yet but want to travel the world together first.

Josh promises they’ll see everything together, realizing Jules is his perfect match.

Epilogue

Jules waits anxiously for bar exam results and discovers she passed with score of 295. She and Josh celebrate; Josh gives surprise gift: tickets to New Zealand.

Four months later, they’re in New Zealand together, having already moved into new house. They participate in tandem bungee jump at Kawarau Bridge.

After jump, Josh tells Jules he loves her even when she drives him crazy, and she admits she loves him back. They end in happiness, having overcome twisted pasts to find love.

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Conclusion

For a broader thematic and spoiler-light overview, read the full Twisted Hate book summary

Josh and Jules’s journey reminds us that the line between love and hate is often thinner than we think—and that the people who infuriate us most may also be the ones who see us most clearly.

Their path isn’t pretty, but it’s honest, and watching them fight through betrayal, fear, and their own stubbornness to find each other is genuinely satisfying. Sometimes the person who drives you crazy is exactly the one you need.