My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

About half an hour later, the car stopped in a parking lot.

Bradley and Gavin boarded a shuttle that took them to an office.

As soon as they entered, Bradley caught a strong whiff of disinfectant, triggering a memory of having smelled it somewhere before.

"Mr. Warner, have you made your decision? Are you sure you want to go through this door?" Gavin stood by a stainless-steel door, his voice serious and cautious. "If you have second thoughts now, it's not too late."

Bradley positioned himself in front of the electronic door, which opened slowly. He stepped out quickly and looked up to behold a colossal glass dome. Countless koi fish swam joyfully in a glass pond atop the dome.

"Is this an underground facility?" Bradley asked.

Gavin nodded. "Yes."

"What exactly is this place?"

to a conference room with a

him from the shadows as he sat at the conference table. Instinctively, he reached for his phone, only to

signal interference here and

lowered voice, "What is

Pendleton's most

business?" Bradley pressed

surveillance feeds. "Mr. Warner,

on the screen, which displayed operating rooms and

probably received a business card earlier," Gavin said,

hospital but hadn't connected that business with the

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people in various locations, and

He just hadn't anticipated Richard to dare such deeds.

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