After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Love My Ex-Wife 8

Chapter 8 Give Her a Chance

Claire fiddled with her fingers, thinking that asking Frederick would be the same. "Frederick, I..."

But before she could finish, Frederick interrupted her, "Four years in prison, and you're different. Since you can endure. hardship so well, keep it up. Using your own hands is a skill! "Someone, clear everything out of here!"

Frederick ordered, and soon, the narrow little bed and all the other junk in the basement were cleared away.

In no time, the basement was completely empty.

Claire looked at the now bare basement, her face paling as Frederick's words echoed in her ears.

She leaned against the wall, barely able to stand.

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The butler's cold and merciless voice continued, "Ms. Prescott, Mr. Hawthorne has ordered that from this moment on, you are not allowed to use anything in the villa.

"Food, water, daily necessities, the bed you sleep in, the shoes you wear, all must be purchased by you outside."

"What?"

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"Not giving me necessities is one thing, but

basement without. eating a bite or drinking a drop, and now she was starving and parched, barely able to hold

here was for the wealthy. She didn't have much money left, barely enough to buy anything

winter wind was biting cold, and it was far too late to go to the city. She could only buy

in the villa district. Everything there was imported, leaving her

had hot water. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to eat even

the soup, and filled the cup with hot water. Under the strange looks

like this. But after four years in prison, she had gotten used to it. Back in the basement, Claire curled up by the

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hot. She knew she had a fever. Glancing at her phone, it was only 4 AM. She thought she could wait until dawn. She realized going out without the sun would

was already making her extremely uncomfortable, and the winter chill was unbearable. As she curled up, she felt like she was falling into an icy abyss, her blood freezing. Claire realized that if she

but was so dizzy she could barely walk.

half an hour. She finally reached the

her unconsciousness, she felt someone lift her and place her on something soft

didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but when she opened her eyes, the first person she saw

that

she noticed the maid kneeling on the

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day, you've managed to

tell me, how should she be

not loud, but the coldness in his words was as sharp as a blade, ready to end a life