If Esther didn’t return on time, the children would get worried.

Bradley scoffed. “Esther, did you ever consider Felix when you agreed to marry Chadwick?”

Esther’s smile turned bitter, her voice distant. “If it weren’t for you, would I have been forced to marry him?”

Bradley snorted. “So?”

“If it weren’t for me, you’d be dead now!” she cried.

Why couldn’t Bradley see that her actions were for his sake? She just hoped he would survive.

“Well, then I should thank you for putting this noose around my neck personally!” he quipped.

Esther’s heart turned to ashes as she thought of how meticulously Bradley had treated Mandy and realized she had given birth to his children yet received none of his affection.

didn’t want to see Bradley anymore, so she closed her eyes

was her

him, Bradley noticed her pride and

“Yes, Mr. Warner.”

of food filled the air, wafting through the

She quickly covered it and mentally reassured herself,

hungry. She wouldn’t beg Bradley, the madman,

resist the temptation, Esther silently recalled the books she had read

she had learned, she

she drifted into

down at Esther, who appeared as peaceful as Sleeping Beauty, he felt inexplicably

his fingers, and two tall, burly men moved the

crafted crystal coffin. His presence cast a shadow over Esther, like a

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