After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

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Chapter 39 Torture? "Interrogation room?"

The words had barely left Frederick's lips when Richard burst. in, visibly startled by the term "interrogation room."

The interrogation room was reserved for special prisoners. Ordinary lawbreakers weren't subjected to its horrors but were handled by the police station instead.

Hardly any woman ever set foot in the interrogation room, let alone Claire, the pampered princess of the Prescott family.

Richard had never seen anyone survive the merciless torment that took place within the interrogation room.

Just yesterday, everything seemed normal. When Frederick brought Claire back from Jacob's villa, Frederick looked distressed, spending another night here. Therefore, Richard wondered why Frederick asked him to send Claire to the interrogation room so early this morning.

"Do you have a problem?"

Fury gnawed Frederick as his anger flared at Richard's hesitation.

Though his voice was not loud, the aura that emanated from him

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was chilling, sending shivers down Richard's spine.

"No, there's no issue at all. However, Ms. Prescott is already wounded. If we resort to every tactic we have in the interrogation room on her, I fear that Ms. Prescott might not make it through the night." Richard dared not defy Frederick, yet he couldn't shake off the fear that gripped him when he recalled the events of the previous night.

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Naturally, in Claire's presence, Richard was well aware of where to draw the line. He refrained from mentioning that last night's incidents were a direct result of Frederick's directives.

Last night, Richard had simply been the messenger, carrying out Frederick's commands by passing orders to the gangs at the Eclipse Nightclub. This chain of command, however, unwittingly sets the stage for Jacob to kidnap Claire. If they had arrived any later, Claire might have met her demise at Jacob's hands.

Now, if Claire were to be taken to the interrogation room, what if history repeated itself, and the interrogators, unaware of her fragile state, were to end her life?

Richard had been closely watching Frederick and began to suspect that Frederick's feelings towards Claire were not as steeped in animosity as Frederick outwardly portrayed.

suspicion that if Anna had not met

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four years ago, Frederick and Claire might have been

know Claire's character. Just be more cautious in the future. She cannot die now. My grandma wouldn't

If we allow her to die too swiftly, it would be letting her off too lightly." Upon hearing the dire news

death mattered little compared to the well-being

subsided, recognizing the wisdom

Frederick could not afford any mishaps. The support of the

momentarily clouded

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day. Come, let

Frederick's darkened mood, Harrison gave him a reassuring pat on the

in relief, following Frederick

by the ward's door, who was quietly adjusting

not uttering a single word

she could no longer restrain the tears welling up in her eyes, and they began to fall, one drop at a time. She had tried her utmost to

Claire to a metaphorical death sentence unless, by some miracle, Anna could return to life. Otherwise, regardless of her actions

in vain.

about

only have come from

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who despised her,

this moment of dire need, the sole beacon of hope for her salvation and protection was none other

long as Elizabeth remained by her side, Claire knew in her heart that

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hand of

be so cruel, afflicting such a kind-hearted soul like

clutches of imprisonment, but never in a manner that would jeopardize Elizabeth's