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.

Despair washed over Esther. Even without

from everything that had transpired, but any glimmer of hope she

why Bradley harbored such animosity toward her. It was because her

that’s why he could exploit

was because Felix stood to inherit the most from Thomas’ will, and Bradley had raised Felix for five

that the man she had once loved could be so

“Why, Bradley—”

grant Esther a chance to speak. Instead,

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

Bradley like a specter. He turned to catch a glimpse of

swayed slightly, took a deep breath to steady

the basement reverted to its eerie,

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