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.

from her plastic surgery transformation from Liliane to Mandy—she deflected, “Don’t you have

Sadie had any such

more noticeable because of my extremely fair skin?” Mandy

looked at Mandy in the thermal water and softly

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, stunning Mandy, that sense of

smiled coyly at Esther, pretending it was from Bradley. “Excuse me, I have

of excitement and shyness, Esther felt like a jar of spilled vinegar, both bitter and

would choose to marry Mandy.

as long as it’s not my beloved Esther,’