After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

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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her legs brutally broken and was thrown out of the villa. She desperately wanted

the dizziness, she didn't even have the

pure white snow and the bright red blood

do was lie on the

was all over, Frederick took Claire

anything

Claire was like a soulless shell, showing no reaction at all. Her mind was filled with the image of

Frederick's words didn't stir any

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knew very well that the only reason Frederick was doing this was to ensure she would be there to shield

of the ward, his mind replaying the scene of Claire reaching for the torture device,

made a servant kneel for an entire day over a broken cup, is now willing to suffer

a drastic change could only mean one thing.

on an act."

eyes darkened. Without any further hesitation,

received just one bottle of antibiotics. Once her fever subsided, she hurried back

money left, the amount she had stashed

offered her some money to spend when she was

convicted murderer, if I accepted the money, who knows what kind of trouble the Prescott family would have stirred up. At the very least,

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of the empty basement at the

water cup, she could just buy a bottle of water and use that for now. 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 couldn't afford right now.

so she bought two thick sleeping bags instead. That way, she could solve both the