My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

“Shall we play a game?” Bradley asked.

Felix shook his head, and Bradley’s expression noticeably darkened.

Felix pulled out his tablet, and his chubby fingers danced lightly on the screen. He showed Bradley the words he typed, who glanced at them, feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.

Felix: ​[I won’t follow you back.]

Felix, Sunshine, and Jacob had discussed it and unanimously decided that Felix wouldn’t go with Bradley. They feared Bradley would use Felix as a hostage to threaten Esther again.

Bradley forced a smile, speaking coldly. “Felix, you’re my son. What’s the meaning of staying with the Sandersons?

“How do you want others to see me? That I can’t even afford to raise my own son?”

Bradley couldn’t control his anger. Each word he uttered made Felix feel an urge to stand up and escape Bradley’s sight.

Felix: ​[My father isn’t like you.]​

me. He’s gentle and doesn’t lash

me

Bradley hadn’t known whether Felix’s surgery would succeed or how long Felix could live. As such, he would

some point, his gentle and elegant father turned into a violent

an indescribable pain spreading in

looked deeply at Felix, stood up, and left without a

understood what it meant to be

His wife was gone.

His grandfather was dead.

refused to acknowledge

he could be described as

–

Sandersons’ castle and drove aimlessly forward until the car ran out of gas, stopping highway. In a fit of

until he was exhausted, then returned