My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Why did she have to bear the blame for what Liliane had done? Was her biggest mistake in her life falling in love with Bradley? Did her love for him essentially hand him the weapon to hurt her? Bradley had used that very weapon to hurt her deeply.

“You think it’s just this one thing?” he asked.

Esther was stunned. What else had she done?

Suddenly, it felt like lightning had pierced the darkness of her mind. She trembled and expressed her suspicions, saying, “Bradley, did you always despise me… because I wanted to marry you?”

This was the question she needed answers to.

Did he truly loathe her so intensely?

Bradley offered no response but forcefully kissed her and pulled her back into the crystal coffin.

Esther. Even

would gain the most from everything that had transpired, but any glimmer of

animosity toward her. It was because her presence had altered his

why he could exploit her daughters to

because Felix stood to inherit the most from Thomas’

the man she had

“Why, Bradley—”

speak. Instead, he subjected her repeatedly to ecstasy and

an indeterminate amount of time, Bradley finally looked at Esther, who was nearly lifeless, with

at Bradley’s retreating figure and laughed bitterly. Her laughter reverberated in the silent underground chamber, haunting Bradley like a specter. He turned to catch a glimpse of Esther in the crystal coffin, feeling

to steady himself,

basement reverted to its