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 had her legs brutally broken and was thrown out of the villa. She desperately wanted to stop it, but with the fever,

and the dizziness, she didn't even have

bright red blood formed a

she could do was lie on the

all over, Frederick took Claire to

well. If anything happens to her, I'll hold

all. Her mind was filled with the image

words didn't stir any emotion

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the only reason Frederick was doing this

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

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

only mean

on an act."

further hesitation, he turned

received just one bottle of antibiotics. Once

a little money left, the amount she had

offered her some money to spend when she was discharged from the

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

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street and thought of

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. Saving money was

two thick sleeping bags instead. That way, she could solve both the bed and quilt issues for the lowest

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