My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Sadie glanced at Esther, and Mandy responded with a warm smile. “I’ve just returned from overseas and don’t have many local friends yet. Besides, my brother thought it’d be good for me to bond with my future sister-in-law.”

Eager to keep things smooth with Mandy, Esther invited, “Sure, come on over. Let’s hang out together.”

“Sounds great.”

The nearby hot spring villas were decked out in festive decorations. After dinner, the three women relaxed before heading to the outdoor thermal baths.

Wearing a swimsuit that accentuated her figure, Mandy stretched out beside Esther. However, Esther’s gaze fixated on a small, almost-healed scar under Mandy’s arm.

“Mandy, did you injure yourself there?” Esther asked.

remnant from her plastic surgery transformation from

Sadie had any such

more noticeable because of my extremely fair skin?” Mandy casually

beside Esther, Sadie looked at Mandy in the thermal water and

Mandy reluctantly replied, “No.”

of skin-whitening injections. On the

always made her feel like an ugly duckling, regardless of how well she dressed. Even as the transformed,

her attention. Seeing it was a text from X, she smiled coyly at Esther, pretending it was from Bradley. “Excuse me, I have to take

Mandy’s mix of excitement and shyness, Esther felt like a

and couldn’t understand why Bradley would choose to marry

can mess up anyone’s life, as long as it’s not my