My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Mandy gently shook her head and remarked, "Bradley, if you plan to use me to provoke Logan's fiancee, you've approached the wrong person."

Bradley coldly asked, "What do you mean?"

"Do you honestly believe Esther is still susceptible to jealousy because of you?" Mandy replied, convinced that Bradley's past actions had likely soured any positive sentiments Esther might have had toward him.

In response to Mandy's mocking gaze, inexplicable anger welled up in Bradley. The flames of fury burned in his eyes as he gripped Mandy's neck with his icy hand.

Unfazed, she met his gaze with a smile.

The tea master gasped, spilling tea in her trembling hand.

friendly reminder—murder is illegal, and

reluctantly released his grip and retorted, "Mandy, this is the

where Bradley had choked her. She taunted, "I believe Esther's decision to drive off a cliff is a result of

your fiancee, but I can teach

who was about

them alone. Unnoticed by either Mandy or Bradley, she turned on the

"Mandy, explain yourself."

took a sip. "Forgive me for asking, but do you

treated her before stemmed from a lack of understanding of your own emotions. You mistakenly believed that keeping her by your side and not allowing her to leave equated to love. But did she feel loved? No, she felt suffocated. She struggled

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are emotional beings. When they love someone, they'll