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

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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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could only watch helplessly as the servant who had tried to help her had her legs

didn't even have the strength

the bright

could do was lie

Frederick took Claire

sure she's treated well. If anything happens

at all. Her mind was filled with the image of the

Frederick's words didn't

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

the ward, his mind replaying the scene of Claire reaching for the torture device, willing to endure the pain for the

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

could only mean

on an act."

further

one bottle of antibiotics. Once her fever subsided, she hurried back to the

she had stashed

her some money to spend when

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

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street and thought of the empty basement at the villa. She went in to buy some essential

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

for a bed, she couldn't afford one, so she bought two thick sleeping bags instead. That way, she could solve both the bed and quilt issues for the