Love My Ex-Wife 9

Chapter 9 He Cared for Me

Claire's back stiffened as she clenched her fists, her gaze fixed on the torture device lying on the floor. Her face turned pale as memories of blood and fear surged back into her mind. Her stomach churned, and she covered her mouth, retching uncontrollably.

Already feverish, with nothing but a cup of instant noodles from the night before, she hadn't eaten anything else since.

With nothing substantial to vomit, all that came up was the acidic bile from her stomach.

After she finished, her stomach cramped painfully, leaving her curled up on the ground, trembling as she reached out for the torture device. Frederick had been watching her, expressionless, the entire

time.

It wasn't until Claire started convulsing that he subconsciously frowned and stepped down on the device.

He crouched down beside her. "Claire, if you die, who will protect Caroline?"

Claire's hand froze on the device. She looked up at Frederick, and suddenly, she laughed, a bitter laugh that brought tears to

Chapter 9 He Cared for Me

her eyes.

She thought, "For a split second, when he crouched down, I foolishly imagined that he cared for me.

It turns out when I love someone for too long, it becomes ingrained in my very bones, uncontrollable."

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who had tried to help her had her legs brutally broken and was thrown out of the villa. She

didn't even have

the bright

do was lie on the ground, silently shedding

it was all over, Frederick took Claire to the

treated well. If anything

Claire was like a soulless shell, showing no reaction at all. Her mind

words didn't stir any emotion

He

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that the only reason Frederick was doing this was to ensure she would

glass of the ward, his mind replaying the scene

"Claire, who once made a servant kneel for an entire day over a broken cup, is now willing to

drastic change could only

on an act."

further hesitation, he turned and

of antibiotics. Once her fever subsided, she hurried back

a little money left, the amount she had

grandmother offered her some money to spend when she

up. At the very least, Harrison wouldn't have let it slide." So, before this small sum ran out, she

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thought of the empty basement at the villa. She

The cup could wait. A water bottle could double as a cup for brushing her teeth. Slippers and other non-essential items were a luxury she

sleeping bags instead.

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