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

dizziness, she didn't even have the

snow and the bright red blood formed

was lie on the ground, silently

it was all over, Frederick took Claire to

sure she's treated well. If anything happens to her, I'll hold

at all. Her

Frederick's words didn't stir any

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

mind replaying the scene of Claire reaching

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

change could only mean one thing. She

on an act."

darkened. Without any further hesitation, he turned and

Claire received just one bottle of antibiotics. Once her fever

only a little money left, the amount she had stashed away in her wallet before

grandmother offered her some money to spend when she

of trouble the Prescott family would have stirred up. At the very least, Harrison wouldn't have let it slide." So,

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supermarket across the street and thought of the empty

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

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

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